Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-4420
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.
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:
Ptolemy I Soter (King of Egypt)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: BASILEOS PTOLEMAIOY
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
271-246 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 8.54 grams and linear 23 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4420, described as Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4420, described as Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4420, described as Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4420, described as Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4420, described as Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4420, described as Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4420, described as Coin. Greek. Copper (8.54 grams.; 23 mm.) Ptolemy II (circa 271-246 BC) Egypt. Obverse: Head of Ptolemy Soter facing right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ. Head of Lybia facing right.

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