Coin: ar tetradrachm
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| Lat / Long | 33.545409833373476,35.407639620666636 [click for map] |
| Object Type: | archaeology |
| Object Count: | 1 |
| Department: | Classical Mediterranean |
| Collection Place: | Sidon (ancient city), Phoenicia |
| Production Place: | Sidon (ancient city), Phoenicia |
| Ethnographic File Code: | 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers |
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| Collector: | Alfred Emerson |
| Description: | Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 14.00 grams, 27 mm. Ptolemy II, 284-262 BC. Sidon, Lebanon. Obverse: Bust of Soter r. Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle l. on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΙ over circled N. |
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| Materials: | Silver (metal) |
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| Collection Date: | unknown |
| Production Date: | 284-247 BC |
| Accession Number: | Acc.184 |
| Accession Date: | 1905 |
| Acquisition Date: | June 23, 1905 |
| Donor: | Alfred Emerson |
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