Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy of Cyprus

Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy of Cyprus

Greek, Ptolemaic

Date
65-64 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Cyprus
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin portrays King Ptolemy facing right and wearing a diadem, with traces of a dotted border. On the back an eagle stands on a thunderbolt facing left.

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