1979.419.23: Coin of Ptolemy I
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.419.23
- People
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Ptolemy I Soter, Greek (r. 323-283 BCE)
- Title
- Coin of Ptolemy I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 306 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/175941
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.98 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- hemiobol
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: PTOLEMAIOU
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire I.2, B23; Svoronos 172, BMC 62
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.419.23
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of deified Alexander r., wearing mitra, with ram’s horn at temple and long, wavy hair
Rev.: Eagle with outstretched wings, standing on thunderbolt l.; helmet beneath alphaston in l. field
Exhibition History
- Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
Verification Level
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