Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy

Greek, PtolemaicLinkedCulture matchlcp-beb199ff7fc6

Date
367-284 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Ancient Greece
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
141481

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The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Ptolemy facing right. The back (reverse) depicts an eagle, wings folded.

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Credit line
Gift of William F. Dunham
Provenance
William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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