Coin Depicting the God Zeus

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Depicting the God Zeus

Greek, Ptolemaic; minted in Egypt

Date
117-111 BCE, issued by Ptolemy X (Soter II)
Medium
Copper
Culture
Egypt
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts the god Zeus. On the back, two eagles are shown below an as yet untranslated inscription.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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