2005.115.60: Coin of Cleopatra VII, Egypt
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.60
- People
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Cleopatra VII, Greek (r. 51-30 BCE)
- Title
- Coin of Cleopatra VII, Egypt
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 51 - 30 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- Ptolemaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/21185
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 10.47 g
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber:
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Svoronos 1872
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
- 2005.115.60
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: draped and diademed bust of Cleopatra VII to r.
Rev.: eagle standing to left; in front double cornucopiae as symbol
Verification Level
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