Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Silver Coin
- Title:
- Silver Coin
- Collection:
- Cornell Coin Collection
- ID Number:
- RMM08464_00820
- Negative Number:
- 820
- Archival Collection Number:
- 8464
- Previous Filename:
- CNC_0820
- File Name:
- RMM08464_00820.jpg
- Obverse:
- Bust of helmeted warrior, 3/4, surrounded by two concentric circles with serrated edges. Circles pass through top of helmet. Helmet has horns. Star and crescent on edge of coin at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock
Byzantine altar base in center of helmet w cross uyilizing the 12 o'clock piece crescent and star as horizontal piece. Face to L and R of center defaced.
- Reverse:
- Byzantine altar with horizontal leg of cross bent upwards, symbol surrounded by three concentric circles with serrated edges. Standing figures in field L and R. Symbol in field R. Unreadable symbol in field L. Fire altar in field above Byzantine cross w/ star L of fire altar and crescent to R
- Style/Period:
- Sassanian
- Work Type:
- coins (money)
money
- Materials/Techniques:
- silver (metal)
- Subject:
- Coins, Ancient
- Measurement:
- 29.5 mm (millimeters, diameter)
4.04 g (grams, weight)
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Coins Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes
metadata may not be complete in all cases.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Archival Collection:
- Cornell coin collection
- 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.
