Silver Coin (Mint: Ephesus)
- Title:
- Silver Coin (Mint: Ephesus)
- Collection:
- Cornell Coin Collection
- Date:
- 287-281 BCE
- Site:
- Ephesus, Turkey
- Location:
- Ephesus, Turkey
- Country:
- Turkey
- ID Number:
- CNC_0134
- Negative Number:
- 134
- File Name:
- CNC_0134.tif
- Denomination:
- Drachm
- Mint:
- Ephesus
- Obverse:
- Diademed head of deified beardless Alexander the Great right, with ram's horn of Zeus Ammon
border of dots. - Reverse:
- [B]AΣIΛE[ΩΣ] [Λ]YΣIMA[XOY] : Athena seated left on seat, profile of which is in the shape of lion's leg
on her extended right arm is Nike left, crowning king's name with wreath
Athena's left arm rests on round shield upright, on which is lion's head
bee left
Athena wears crested Corinthian helmet, sleevless girded chiton, and himation. In background, spear pointed diagonally downward. "Σ' on throne. - Work Type:
- coins (money)
money - Materials/Techniques:
- silver (metal)
- Subject:
- Coins, Ancient
- Measurement:
- 18 mm (millimeters, diameter)
3.90 g (grams, weight) - Notes:
- Lysimachus
Items in the Cornell Coins Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes
metadata may not be complete in all cases. - Bibliography:
- Brett, Catalogue of Greek Coins, p.113, #836, plate 46, #836.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Coins Collection (in part Greek and Roman Coin Collection, #8464, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying coins, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2011 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.