Octadrachm; Cast Forgery
Ptolemy II
Greek
284-247 BCE
Silver
Diameter: 1 1/16 in. (27.2 mm)
Weight: 10.81 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29608
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Veiled head of Arsinoe II wearing stephane Reverse: Double cornucopiae, a bunch of grapes hanging down on each side
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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