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Tetradrachm of Kingdom of Egypt with busts of Sarapis and Isis, struck under Ptolemy IV
Greek
Hellenistic Period
219–217 B.C.
Mint: Egypt (Kingdom), Alexandria
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 13.98 gm.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.195
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2284.
DescriptionObverse: Busts right jugate of Sarapis, wearing laurel-wreath above which small cap of Osiris, and Isis, wearing corn-wreath above which globe and horns.
Dotted circle.
Reverse: Eagle to left on thunderbolt with head looking back; on right wing, tip of double cornucopiae bound with fillet.
Inscription in Greek around; between legs: Greek letters.
Dotted circle.
Dotted circle.
Reverse: Eagle to left on thunderbolt with head looking back; on right wing, tip of double cornucopiae bound with fillet.
Inscription in Greek around; between legs: Greek letters.
Dotted circle.