Coin

29-70-306

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-70-306
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hellenistic
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Creator Ptolemy II
Locus Plot1
Period Hellenistic | Ptolemy II
Date Made 266 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Head | Eagle
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Obverse: head facing right in elephant skin; reverse: Eagle with open wings facing left

Outside Diameter 2.1 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920
Other Number M315 - Field No SF

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