2005.115.52: Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I of Egypt, Alexandria,
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.52
- People
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Ptolemy I Soter, Greek (r. 323-283 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I of Egypt, Alexandria,
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 294 - 282 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
- Period
- Ptolemaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20701
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 14.84 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire I.1, 181; Svoronos 244
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.52
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of Ptolemy I to r., wearing diadem around his head with the ends floating behind his neck, curly hair, aegis around his shoulder. Small countermark in field r.
Rev.: eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, with closed wings; monograms in field l
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011
Verification Level
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