Coin; AR; Octodrachm; Greek. 34.21 grams, 35 mm. Ptolemy II, BC 270-250. Egypt. Obverse: Head of Arsinoe r., veiled and diademed, letter in field illegible. Reverse: APΣINOHΣ _, double cornucopiae
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Egypt
Production place:
Egypt
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Eugene Hambar
Materials:
Silver alloy
Person depicted:
Arsinoe I (Queen of Egypt, Consort of Ptolemy II Philadelphus)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: illegible and Reverse legend: ARSINOHS PH [
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Octodrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
270-250 BC
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 34.21 grams and linear 35 millimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #51: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (April 5, 1978–June 7, 1978)