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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin with Ptolemaic Eagle (Obverse) and Portrait of Alexander the Great (Reverse)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Coin with Ptolemaic Eagle (Obverse) and Portrait of Alexander the Great (Reverse)

Possible OriginEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPtolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphos
Dateca. 250 BCE
MediumSilver
Credit LineGift of Thomas K. Glenn
Dimensions5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Object numberX.0001.054
ProvenanceEx coll. Thomas K. Glenn (1868-1946), Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin: Obverse: Bust of Cleopatra with Hair Arranged as Isis; Reverse: Ptolemaic Eagle with Wings Outspread
305-282 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2015.
Sculptor's Model
ca. 282-246 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin with Ptolemaic Eagle and Greek Inscription (Obverse) and Head of Zeus (Reverse)
late 4th-2nd Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin with Two Ptolemaic Eagles (Obverse) and Head (Reverse)
305-30 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin with Ptolemaic Eagle and Greek Inscription (Obverse) and Head of Zeus (Reverse)
late 4th-2nd Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin with Ptolemaic Eagle and Greek inscription (Obverse) and Head of Zeus (Reverse)
late 4th-2nd Century BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2005.
Portrait Head of Alexander III, the Great
2nd-3rd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin, Obverse: Portrait of a Man, Reverse: Three-Quarters View of Two Eagles Standing Side by Side
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin, Obverse: Portrait of a Man Wearing a Wreath, Reverse: Three Columns with an Eagle Perching Center
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin of Constantine The Great (Obverse: Portrait of Constantinius Wearing a Wreath [CONSTANTINUS AUG(ustus)] (Constantinus Augustus), Reverse: Wreath [D(omini) N(ostri) CONSTANTINI MAX(imi) AUG(usti)] (Of our Lord Contantinus the Greatest Augustus))
324 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin of Constantine The Great (Obverse: Portrait of Constantinus Wearing a Wreath [CONSTANTINUS AUG(ustus)] (Constantinus Augustus), Reverse: Wreath [D(omini) N(ostri) CONSTANTINI MAX(imi) AUG(usti)] (Of our Lord Constantinus the Greatest Augustus))
324-326 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Coin of Constantine The Great (Obverse: Portrait of Constantinius Wearing a Wreath [CONSTANTINUS AUG(ustus)] (Constantinus Augustus), Reverse: Wreath [D(omini) N(ostri) CONSTANTINI MAX(imi) AUG(usti)] (Of our Lord Constantinus the Greatest Augustus))
324-326 CE