Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4620
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004620
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Salamis, Attica, Greece
Production place:
Salamis, Attica, Greece
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Ptolemy VI Philometor (King of Egypt)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: PTOL BASILEOS LKζ (on l.) ΣΑ (on r.)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
155 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 22.7 grams and linear 25 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4620, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4620, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4620, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4620, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4620, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4620, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4620, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 22.70 grams. 25 mm. Ptolemy VI,155 BC. Salamis, Cyprus. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛ•••• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l; to left, LKζ; to right, ΣΑ.

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