Coin: æ
- Museum number:
- 8-4416
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004416
- Accession number:
- Acc.147
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Coin; AE; Greek. 19.53 grams, 30 mm. Ptolemy II, 263 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Zeus r. laureate. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, Eagle l.
- 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 Raymond Serrure
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Copper (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Zeus (Greek deity)
- Inscription:
- Reverse legend: BASILEOS PTOLEMAIOY
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 283-246 BC
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 30 millimeters and weight 19.53 grams
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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