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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　

On the side of the coin on the left is a woman's head facing right, hair tied back held in place by an ornate headband, wearing a veil, and a ram's horn around her ear. Behind, a flower tipped staff. The other side of the coin depicts an ornate double set of horns curved to the right, filled with fruit and cakes, with grapes spilling out. On the left and right borders, the Greek characters: Α Ρ Σ Ι Ν Ο Η Σ / Φ Ι Λ Α Δ Ε Λ Φ Ο Υ.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2756
People
Ptolemy III Euergetes, Greek (r. 246-221 BCE)
Arsinoe II (r. 285-270 BCE)
Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Greek (r. 285-246 BCE)
Title
Decadrachm of Ptolemy II or III
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
253 - 246 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
Period
Ptolemaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
34.7 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
decadrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Δ Δ monogram in l. field
  • Reverse Inscription: ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
from the D.M. Robinson Collection no. 539, 26 August 1941

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Sv. 939; Troxell Gr. 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.2756
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.:Head of Arsinoe II r., with horn of Zeus Ammon, veiled and with stephane, lotus tipped scepter behind; border of dots.
Rev.: Double cornucopiae holding fruits and cakes bound with fillet; border of dots.

Exhibition History

  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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