Octadrachm (Coin) Portraying Queen Arsinoe II

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Octadrachm (Coin) Portraying Queen Arsinoe II

Greek, Ptolemaic; probably minted in Alexandria, EgyptLinkedCulture matchlcp-1b00f00c0f53

Date
After 270 BCE, issued by King Ptolemy II or III
Medium
Gold
Culture
Alexandria
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
5779

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Obverse: Head of Arsinoe II wearing stephane and veiled to right, tip of Ammon horn visible below ear Reverse: Double cornucopia full of fruit, bunch of grapes hangs from each side; tied with fringed fillet Queen Arsinoë II, the daughter of Ptolemy I and the sister-goddess-consort of Ptolemy II, is honored on this coin. Under her veil is revealed the ram horn of the Egyptian god Amun, a mark of pharaonic royalty. This coin was issued posthumously.

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Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Provenance
Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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AAT300037334

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