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Object photograph·C04118f·1927–1931

Imperial Coins (A.218)

Round, mottled grey disc on a black card, from Amathus; shown as an imperial coin
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04118f. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round, pale grey disc with a mottled, pitted surface fills most of a black card. Faint bluish marks show along its lower edge. No design, lettering or edge detail can be made out, and the object is shown alone with no scale.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Round, mottled disc, possibly a coin, pinned against a black background with a number label below.
Description, scan 2
A round, grey, mottled disc with a pitted, encrusted surface is pinned against a black background. A small pale pin sits at its top edge and two dark pins hold its lower edge. Below it, a pale rectangular label card bears a handwritten number.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Amathus T. 2-26.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Amathus T. 2-26.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)