Coin: ar didrachm

Museum number:
8-4414
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓ
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:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Ptolemy I Soter (King of Egypt)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Didrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
198 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 6.87 grams and linear 22 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4414, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4414, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4414, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4414, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4414, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4414, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓ
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4414, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 6.87 grams, 22 mm. Ptolemy IV or V, 198 BC. Egypt. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle l. on thunderbolt; in field, Π ΙΓ

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