- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1.1965.2737
- People
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Ptolemy I Soter, Greek (r. 323-285 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 310-295 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
- Period
- Ptolemaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/191212
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 15.69 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: ALEXANDROU; three monograms: one in l. field, two in r. field
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- Svoronos 146; SNG Cop 18
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2737
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Head of Alexander in lion skin and aegis r., with horns of Zeus Ammon; dotted border.
Rev.: Athena Alkidemos, r., holding spear r. and shield l.; to r., eagle clutching thunderbolt r.; border of dots; to l., monogram; to r., two monograms.
- Exhibition History
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Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
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