Dekadrachm of Arsinoe II

Place of OriginEgypt

Dateabout 242-222 BCE

MediumDie-stamped silver

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Elmer and Dennis Kapp

Object number

1983.77

Not on View

DescriptionObverse: veiled head of Arsinoe II (wife of Ptolemy II), facing right. Reverse: a double cornucopia bound with a fillet.

Label TextThis coin was struck by Ptolemy III to honor his mother who died 30 years earlier. Her marriage to her own brother, Ptolemy II, united the Greek coast of Asia Minor (Ionia) and Phoenicia with Egypt.Published ReferencesPeck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 88-89, repr. (col.) p. 89.