Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.14 grams, 28 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΟΤΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle facing l. on thunderbolt; to left, monogram.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Production place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Ptolemy I Soter (King of Egypt)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: PTOLAMAIOY BASILEOS
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
305-283 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 14.14 grams and linear 28 millimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #51: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (April 5, 1978–June 7, 1978), S1981-1982 #37: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (January 11, 1982–January 22, 1982), S1982-1983 #30: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (February 28, 1983–March 17, 1983), and S1996-1997 #5d: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 13, 1996–April 17, 1997)