1983.56.250: Coin of Ptolemy VI
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.56.250
- People
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Ptolemy VI Philometor, Greek (r. 180 -145 BCE)
- Title
- Coin of Ptolemy VI
- 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/176953
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 22.05 g
- Die Axis
- 11
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEOS
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Svoronos 1424; D.S. 307-309
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.56.250
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Zeus Ammon, r., with diadem and floral ornament.
Rev.: Two eagles standing on thunderbolt withn closed wings l.; cornucopiae in l. field.
Verification Level
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