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Col James Saumarez Cameron

Header: Col James Saumarez Cameron
Also known as: Col James Saumarez Cameron; primary name: Cameron, James Saumarez
Details: individual; military/naval; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1874-1947
Biography: Collector of antiquities, especially of coins and seals. Cameron was a British miitary officer in the Royal Sussex Regiment who served in the Boer War and then in Crete between 1905 and 1907, where he became a close friend of the archaeologist R B Seager (q.v.) as well as of Sir Arthur Evans (q.v.). He also served on the Western Front during WWI. The Cameron Bequest in 1947 allowed the BM to select what it wanted from his collection, with the remainder to go to other beneficiaries, eg Sutton Valence College. JS Cameron was the husband of Mrs J.C. Cameron (q.v.) who donated numerous Cretan seals from James' collection the same year.
Bibliography: Firth, R.J. and Melena, J.L. 2000-2001. 'A tale of two fragments: KN D1 8216 and 8217'. Minos 35-36, 451-8. Jenkins, G. 1949: 'The Cameron Colleciton of Cretan coins'. The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, Sixth Series, Vol. 9, No. 1/2 (1949), 36-56. Krzyskowska, O. 2014: 'James Saumarez Cameron: a forgotten collector of Cretan seals'. In: Y. Galanakis, T. Wilkinson and J. Bennett (eds). Athyrmata. Criticial essays on the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean in honour of E. Susan Sherratt (Oxford: Archaeopress), 127-34.

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button seal; intaglio

Museum number: 1947,0926.13 |
Cultures/periods: x14259 Middle Minoan II |
Production date: 1850BC-1700BC |
Production place: Made in:Crete |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Crete

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1214 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Olus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1300 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Chersonesus (Crete)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.762 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 480BC-431BC |
Production place: Minted in:Crete

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Museum number: 1947,0606.333 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Praesus (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.31 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Agrigentum

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Museum number: 1947,0606.514 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Itanus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1561 |
Authority: BIOG160037 Ruler:Mahmud II |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Minted in:Misr

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Museum number: 1947,0606.769 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Selinus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.429 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gortyna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1244 |
Authority: BIOG86256 Ruler:Antiochus Hierax |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Syria

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Museum number: 1947,0606.160 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Apamea (Phrygia)

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Museum number: 1948,0607.9 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 300BC-275BC |
Production place: Minted in:Neapolis Campaniae

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Museum number: 1947,0606.109 |
Authority: BIOG86250 Ruler:Antigonus III Doson, Macedon |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Macedon

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Museum number: 1947,0606.285 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Chersonesus (Crete)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.406 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Eleutherna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.318 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.586 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lyttus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.920 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Catana (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1968.2 |
Authority: BIOG140659 Ruler:Commodus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 180-192 |
Production place: Minted in:Nicopolis ad Istrum (historic - Moesia)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.410 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Eleutherna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.221 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Tylisus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.843 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Melita (historic - island)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.234 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Aptera

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1269 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Tegea

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Museum number: 1947,0606.959 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lyttus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.356 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1291 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Cos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.281 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Ceraea

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1142 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.590 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lyttus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.761 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Crete

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1179 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gortyna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.595 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lyttus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1165 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Cydonia

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Museum number: 1947,0606.677 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Crete

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Museum number: 1947,0606.980 |
Authority: BIOG64572 Issuer:Anonymous |
Cultures/periods: x14453 Roman Republican |
Production date: 275BC-270BC |
Production place: Minted in:Italy

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Museum number: 1947,0606.45 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Tauromenium (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.214 |
Authority: BIOG55393 Ruler:Ptolemy VI Philometor |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Cyprus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.467 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gortyna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1067 |
Authority: BIOG140718 Ruler:Philip I |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 244-249 |
Production place: Minted in:Alexandria (Egypt)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.98 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Catana (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.908 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Leontini

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1483 |
Authority: BIOG140692 Ruler:Julian (the Apostate) |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 355-363 |
Production place: Minted in:Perinthus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.948 |
Authority: BIOG88150 Governor:C Papirius Carbo |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 62BC-59BC |
Production place: Minted in:Nicaea (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.207 |
Authority: BIOG140646 Ruler:Aurelian |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 270-275 |
Production place: Minted in:Alexandria (Egypt)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.451 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gortyna

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Museum number: R1947,0606.1427 |
Authority: BIOG94599 Moneyer:Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius |
Cultures/periods: x14453 Roman Republican |
Production date: 45BC |
Production place: Minted in:SpainMinted in:Sicily

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1126 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Aptera

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1164 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Crete

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1513 |
Authority: BIOG140722 Ruler:Phocas |
Production date: 602-610 |
Production place: Minted in:Carthage

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Museum number: 1947,0606.227 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Aria (Crete)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.121 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 279BC-168BC |
Production place: Minted in:Aetolia

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Museum number: 1947,0606.528 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lappa

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1331 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Eleutherna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1245 |
Authority: BIOG140747 Ruler:Vespasian |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 69-79 |
Production place: Minted in:Alexandria (Egypt)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.991 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 400BC - 300BC |
Production place: Minted in:Corinth

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Museum number: 1947,0606.352 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.422 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gortyna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.915 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Catana (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.919 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Catana (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.119 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 238BC-168BC |
Production place: Minted in:Ambracia

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Museum number: 1947,0606.30 |
Authority: BIOG205401 Issuer:Mamertines |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Messana (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1213 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Malla

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Museum number: 1947,0606.853 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 200BC-1BC |
Production place: Minted in:Carthaea (historic - Ceos)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.470 |
Authority: Ruler:Gaius (Caligula)Ruler:Germanicus Julius Caesar |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 37-41 |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.161 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 2ndC BC - 1stC BC |
Production place: Minted in:Heraclea Pontica

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Museum number: 1947,0606.14 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 325BC-320BC |
Production place: Minted in:Neapolis Campaniae

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1267 |
Authority: BIOG57074 Ruler:Augustus (Octavian) |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 27BC-14 |
Production place: Minted in:Philippi (historic - Macedon)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.512 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Tarra

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Museum number: 1947,0606.906 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Leontini

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Museum number: 1947,0606.564 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lisus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1079 |
Authority: BIOG93810 Issuer:L Lollius |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek

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Museum number: 1947,0606.302 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.521 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Itanus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.154 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 300BC-101BC |
Production place: Minted in:Naxos (Greece)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.303 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.391 |
Authority: BIOG60814 Ruler:Tiberius |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 14-37 |
Production place: Minted in:Cydonia

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Museum number: 1947,0606.383 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Cydonia

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Museum number: 1947,0606.563 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Lisus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1341 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gortyna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.916 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Catana (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1352 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Eleutherna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.481 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Hierapytna (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1437 |
Authority: Issuer:Mark AntonyMoneyer:L Sempronius Atratinus |
Cultures/periods: x14453 Roman Republican |
Production date: 36BC-35BC |
Production place: Minted in:Achaea

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1098 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 290BC-240BC |
Production place: Minted in:Priene

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Museum number: 1947,0606.299 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Knossos

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Museum number: 1947,0606.807 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Tauromenium (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.97 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Catana (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.904 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gela (Sicily)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.392 |
Authority: BIOG60814 Ruler:Tiberius |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 14-37 |
Production place: Minted in:Cydonia

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Museum number: 1947,0606.895 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Rhegium (historic - city)

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1496 |
Authority: BIOG140722 Ruler:Phocas |
Production date: 602-610 |
Production place: Minted in:Nicomedia

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Museum number: 1947,0606.170 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 2ndC BC |
Production place: Minted in:Cyzicus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1181 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Gortyna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.216 |
Authority: BIOG59760 Ruler:Perseus, Macedon |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Macedon

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Museum number: 1947,0606.519 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Itanus

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Museum number: 1947,0606.177 |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production place: Minted in:Smyrna

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Museum number: 1947,0606.1416 |
Authority: BIOG140687 Ruler:Hadrian |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 117-138 |
Production place: Minted in:Crete

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Museum number: 1947,0606.264 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production place: Minted in:Axus