Ammonite fossil portrayed on an ancient Greek countermarked coin

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 314, 2007, Pages 944-948

  McMenamin, Mark A S ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammon; Classical Greece; Coinage; Fossils

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; ARTIFACT; CLASSIC PERIOD; FOSSIL; IMAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 37449011007     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096022     Document Type: Article

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