Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-4418
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004418
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya
Verbatim coll. place:
Bought of Vve. Raymond Serrure, Paris
Production place:
Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Raymond Serrure
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Person depicted:
Ptolemy I Soter (King of Egypt)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: PTOLEMAIOY
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
323-313 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 18 millimeters and weight 3.63 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4418, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4418, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4418, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4418, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4418, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4418, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4418, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 3.63 grams, 18 mm. Ptolemy I, 323-313 BC. Cyrenaica, Libya. Obverse: bust of Ptolemy Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤOΛΕΜΑΙOΥ, eagle r. on thunderbolt; in field above, silphion plant and crab.

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