Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-4755
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004755
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.
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
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Ptolemy I Soter (King of Egypt)
Inscription:
ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
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 13.72 grams and linear 27 millimeters
Loans:
S1978-1979 #19: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (September 26, 1978–December 5, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4755, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4755, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4755, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4755, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4755, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4755, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-4755, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.72 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy I, 305-283 BC. Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy r. diademed, wearing aegis. Reverse: ΠΡΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left P / Φ.

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