coin

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: EH,p687.1.PtoCle
Description: Alloy coin.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production place: Minted in: Alexandria (Egypt)
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 25.220 grammes
Bibliographic references: Svoronos 1904 / Τα Νομισματα του Κρατους των Πτολεμαιων (The Coins of the Ptolemaic Kings) (1424); BMC Greek (Ptolemies) / Catalogue of Greek coins: the Ptolemies, kings of Egypt (p106.26); Hawkins 1837 / Greek Acquisitions prior to 1837
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1837 (before)
Acquisition notes: This is the historic catalogue of Greek coins acquired before 1837 made by Edward Hawkins, then Keeper of the Department of Antiquities. It does not include the collections previously acquired from Payne Knight (1824), George III (1825), Burrell (1832), and Hine (1825), or the coins included in Taylor Combe's 1814 catalogue.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: EH,p687.1.PtoCle
C&M catalogue number: GC7 (BMC Greek (Ptolemies)) (106) (26)

Free entry