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Start Over Collection place Alexandria, Lower Egypt Collection place Nile River Valley, Egypt Culture or time period Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe) Materials Silver alloy

1. Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:
8-4348
Culture or time period:
Severan Dynasty (193–235 AD)
Object class:
Coins (money) and Denarii
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
193-195 AD
Dimensions:
weight 3.07 grams and linear 19 millimeters
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lapeysonie
Collection place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Person depicted:
Fides (Roman deity) and Septimus Severus (Emperor of Rome)

2. 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)