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Oktadrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with bust of Ptolemy I
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 294-282 B.C.
Mint: Egypt (Kingdom), Alexandria
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 27.88 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.520
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 319.
DescriptionObverse: Diademed bust of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt.
Monogram at left and inscription at left and right.
Border of dots.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt.
Monogram at left and inscription at left and right.
Border of dots.
ProvenanceSaid to have been found in 1956, in or near Phacous in the Nile Delta, not far from Zagazig; by 1957: with AG. Leu & Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich and Aldoph Hess AG., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne (Hess-Leu auction, April 16, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, lot 319); by 1958: with A. H. Baldwin and Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London W.C. 2; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., June 5, 1958, for £ 950/0/0