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Start Over Object name Coin: ar octodrachm Collector Alfred Emerson Collector Eugene Hambar Culture or time period Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)

1. Coin: ar octodrachm

Museum number:
8-4327
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Octodrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
266 BC
Dimensions:
weight 33.24 grams and linear 35 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
Collection place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Person depicted:
Arsinoe I (Queen of Egypt, Consort of Ptolemy II Philadelphus)

2. Coin: ar octodrachm

Museum number:
8-4326
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Octodrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
270-250 BC
Dimensions:
weight 34.21 grams and linear 35 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
Collection place:
Egypt
Person depicted:
Arsinoe I (Queen of Egypt, Consort of Ptolemy II Philadelphus)