Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5529
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005529
Accession number:
Acc.895
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC) and Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
246-222 BC
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 68.65 grams
Loans:
S1954-1955 #4: UC Berkeley, Hearst Mining Building (April 14, 1955–January 15, 1958)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5529, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 68.65 grams. Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΣΤΜΛΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ ]Σ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia bound with fillet; below, ΔΙ. Remarks: "(should be reweighed this is too rough)

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