Coin: ar octodrachm

Museum number:
8-4327
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004327
Accession number:
Acc.147
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 33.24 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, 266 BC. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., diademed and veiled; behind, E. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiae
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Purchased in Paris
Production place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
Materials:
Silver alloy
Person depicted:
Arsinoe I (Queen of Egypt, Consort of Ptolemy II Philadelphus)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: ARSINOE PHILADELPHOY
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Octodrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
266 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 35 millimeters and weight 33.24 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Coin: ar octodrachm, accession number 8-4327, described as Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 33.24 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, 266 BC. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., diademed and veiled; behind, E. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiaeHearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Coin: ar octodrachm, accession number 8-4327, described as Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 33.24 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, 266 BC. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., diademed and veiled; behind, E. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiaeHearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Coin: ar octodrachm, accession number 8-4327, described as Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 33.24 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, 266 BC. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., diademed and veiled; behind, E. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiaeHearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Coin: ar octodrachm, accession number 8-4327, described as Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 33.24 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, 266 BC. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., diademed and veiled; behind, E. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiaeHearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Coin: ar octodrachm, accession number 8-4327, described as Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 33.24 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, 266 BC. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., diademed and veiled; behind, E. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiae
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar octodrachm, accession number 8-4327, described as Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 33.24 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, 266 BC. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., diademed and veiled; behind, E. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopiae

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