Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4771
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004771
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Sidon (ancient city), Phoenicia
Production place:
Sidon (ancient city), Phoenicia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian Phoenicia (332-323 BC) and 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: ΣΙ over circled N and Reverse legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
284-247 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 27 millimeters and weight 14 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4771, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4771, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4771, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4771, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4771, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4771, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4771, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N.

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