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Object Type
Museum number: RPK,p43B.2.Thes
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Apollo l., laureate. (obverse); Five crescents radiating from central dot; plain border. (reverse)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC BC
Production place: Minted in: Megara
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 1.470 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Attica, Megaris, Aegina) / Catalogue of Greek coins: Attica, Megaris, Aegina (3, p.118); Payne Knight 1830 / Nummi Veteres Civitatum, Regum, Gentium, et Provinciarum, Londini in Museo Ricardi Payne Knight Asservati, ab ipso Ordine Geographico Descripti.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; symbol
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1824
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: RPK,p43B.2.Thes
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1841.B (Swapped on ticket.)
C&M catalogue number: GC11 (BMC Greek (Attica, Megaris, Aegina)) (118) (3)
Conservation: Treatment: 25 Jan 2012; Treatment: 25 Nov 2004; Treatment: 07 Aug 2001

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