Gold Coin, Alexandria, 299 BC - 295 BC 1944.100.75695

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.75695

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Obverse: Diademed Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck
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Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above quadriga - Alexander standing in a chariot, aegis draped over his near shoulder, holding thunderbolt in right hand and reins in left
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Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 15.66
    • Diameter (in mm): 28

Typological Description

Source: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 93

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1944.100.75695
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Notes

  • Ptolemaic standard

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Annotations

1. Edward T. Newell hoard notebook, undated

Sections
41, 41
Creator
Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Abstract
Notebook containing notes on coins of various hoards, along with loose leaves with additional coin lists, notes, and rubbings. A detached label once adhered to the cover of the album reads, "HOARDS II." Includes a letter to Margaret Thompson from Martin Price of the British Museum relating to a joint project on the coins of Alexander the Great (1968). Hoards covered in the notebook are Sardis, Anadol, Aleppo, Ankyra, Aintab, Andhritsena, Abu Hommos, Taranto, Bithynian, Demanhur, Chalcis (Eretria), Calabria, Constantinople, Cyprus (Larnaka), Peloponessos, Drama, Greece (Tiffany), Eretria, Epidaurus, Sparta, Patras, Gesou, Haiffa, Prof. Haynes, Saida, Jandolo, Anadol, Kuft, Kyparissia, Keleler, Karditsa, Messene, Larnaka, Lamia, Latakie, Mosul, Marasesti, Patras, Parthian, Philip II Staters, Ravel, Salonica, Sophikon, Taranto, Tripolitsa, Thebes, Urfa, Gejou, Lamia, and Kyparissia.
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