1979.419.35: Coin of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.419.35
- People
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Ptolemy VI Philometor, Greek (r. 180 -145 BCE)
- Title
- Coin of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 2nd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- Ptolemaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/176054
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.68 g
- Die Axis
- 12
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Svoronos 1425, 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
- 1979.419.35
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon right.
Reverse: two eagles with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt left
Verification Level
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