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Start Over Object class Ancient Greek religious and mythological figures Collection place Egypt Donor M. Boissé Culture or time period Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)

1. Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4306
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:
Athena, Coins (money), and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
305-283 BC
Dimensions:
weight 15.67 grams and linear 29.23 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Egypt
Collection date:
unknown
Person depicted:
Alexander the Great (King of Macedonia) and Athena (Greek deity)