Coin

29-129-57

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-129-57
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ptolemaic
Provenience Egypt
Date Made 246-221 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Zeus-Ammon | Diademed Head | Eagle | Thunderbolt | Cornucopia
Description

Beaded rim. Perfectly preserved except for spots of white to grey/green patina.

Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon, facing right, with touseled detailed hair and beard, wearing diadem.

Reverse: Eagle standing l., on thunderbolt which it grasps with claws, facing cornucopia bound with fillet between legs.

AE

Outside Diameter 4.35 cm
Credit Line Deposited by John MacLeod. pre-1929

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