Coin
| Object Number: | 29-126-546 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Greece Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Alexandria |
| Maker: | Ptolemy VI Ptolemy VIII |
| Period: | Hellenistic Period |
| Date Made: | 169-145 BCE |
| Early Date: | -169 |
| Late Date: | -145 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Gold |
| Iconography: | Arsinoe II Veil Cornucopia |
| Inscription Language: | Greek Language |
| Outside Diameter: | 3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
Description
Obverse: Posthumous portrait of Queen Arsinoe II, sister-wife of Ptolemy II, Philadelphus.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 133, fig. 121 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Poole, Reginald S. 1883. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, The Ptolemies, kings of Egypt.. London. British Museum Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 45, no. 36ff | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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