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578-582

Bronze

Diameter: 1 5/16 in. (32.7 mm)

Weight: 17 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853

27.1.29216

Geography

Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia

Period

500-1000

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Crowned bust. Facing holding Mappa and eagle tipped sceptre Reverse: Large M between anno and regnal date

Provenance

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.

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