Object card: 1974. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_8065. "Bronze Greek coin from Beirut, Temple of Zeus". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Bronze Greek coin, M_1579, from Phoenicia (Beirut), found in square E VII/ε6 in the Temple of Zeus sector at Salamis, Cyprus. The coin is now very degraded and completely illegible; the description is based on field notes from 1974. Although older, this bronze was found with the hoard (no. 4) of silver tetradrachms of Vespasian and Titus. Diameter 16 mm, weight 1.90 g. Inventory M_1579; 11 June 1974.
French, as on the record
diapositives : C_5210
diapositives : C_5212
diapositives : C_5211
epoque : Ier s. av. J.-C.
inv objet : M_1579
pub : SAL_PUB_139890_XVI_CAT_16_0040_p_0018
type :Phénicie
ajustement impossible. Dans le champ, en haut : BH(... La description de cette monnaie (aujourd'hui très dégradée et complètement illisible) est faite à partir de nos notes de 1974. Bien que plus ancien, ce bronze de Beyrouth a été trouvé avec le trésor (n° 4) de tétradrachmes d'argent de Vespasien et Titus.
chantier : Temple de Zeus
forme : ?
caracterique : Bronze
carre : E VII/ε6
objet : Monnaies grecques
Monnaie 16 mm
1,90 g
diapositives : C_5206
diapositives : C_5207
diapositives : C_5208
diapositives : C_5209
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