Coin: billon tetradrachm

Museum number:
6-22322
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
442 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.699
Description:
Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Temple enclosure, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Materials:
Billon
Person depicted:
Ptolemy I Soter (King of Egypt)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
90 BC
Accession date:
1935
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: billon tetradrachm, accession number 6-22322, described as Coin, silver base. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 13.37 grams. Condition poor, reverse is very worn. Denomination: silver base tetradrachm. Obverse description: Head of Ptolemy I, facing right, diademed. Reverse description: [inscription] Eagle on thunderbolt, border of dots. Mint date: Alexandria, year 20, reign of Ptolemy XI, Alexander I.

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