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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with head of Ptolemy I, struck under Kleopatra VII
Greek
Late Hellenistic Period
51 B.C.
Mint: Egypt (Kingdom), Alexandria
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 13.37 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1193
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2301.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Ptolemy I to right with fillet in hair.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt.
At left, inscription in Greek and head ornament of Isis; at right, palm leaf over inscription in Greek; inscription in Greek around.
Beaded border.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt.
At left, inscription in Greek and head ornament of Isis; at right, palm leaf over inscription in Greek; inscription in Greek around.
Beaded border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Regling did not list as Greenwell.
Regling did not list as Greenwell.