Coin Portraying Queen Cleopatra I as the Goddess Isis

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Portraying Queen Cleopatra I as the Goddess Isis

Greek; minted in Paphos, Cyprus

Date
146-127 BCE, issued by Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Egypt
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts the queen Cleopatra I as the goddess Isis. On the back, an eagle is shown standing on a thunder bolt.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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