Coin, Bronze octodrachm with head of Zeus Amen
Date: 247-221 BCE (regnal years of Ptolemy III)
Dimensions:
Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Medium: Die-stamped bronze.
Place of Origin: Egypt
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Carl B. Spitzer
Object number: 1934.8
Label Text:This coin was minted by Ptolemy III, grandson of Ptolemy I (coin no. 15). The extent to which Egypt came under Greek domination is seen in the head on this coin, a fusion of the principal gods of Greece (Zeus) and Egypt (the ram’s horns of Amon).
DescriptionObverse: head; Reverse: eagle on fulmen.
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