Coin of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1979.419.34
People: Issued by Ptolemy VIII Eurgetes II, Greek (r. 145 - 116 BCE)
Ptolemy VI Philometor, Greek (r. 180-145 BCE)
Title: Coin of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 180-145 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period: Ptolemaic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/176055

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

8.12 g

Die Axis

12

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEOS

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Svoronos 1426, SNG Cop 311-20

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: 1979.419.34
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Head of Zeus Ammon r. Border of dots.
Rev.: Two eagles with closed wings standing on thunderbolt, l.

Verification Level

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