Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　

Decadrachm of Ptolemy II or III

r. 246-222 BCE

Ptolemy III Euergetes

Greek

Obv.:Head of Arsinoe II r., with horn of Zeus Ammon, veiled and with stephane, lotus tipped scepter behind; border of dots. Rev.: Double cornucopiae holding fruits and cakes bound with fillet; border of dots.

Silver

Ptolemaic period

Coins