1.1965.2741: Triobol of Ptolemy I
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2741
- People
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Ptolemy I Soter, Greek (r. 323-285 BCE)
- Title
- Triobol of Ptolemy I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 305-285 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
- Period
- Ptolemaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/169876
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.76 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- triobol
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEOS; Phi monogram in l. field
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hess 194, 25 March 1929 (Vogel) 461
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Svoronos 228
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
- 1.1965.2741
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I r.
Rev.: Eagle with outstreched wings, standing on thunderbolt l., to l. phi monogram
Verification Level
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