Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1922.4933

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AIC_.1922.4933

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Egyptian

crc

African; North African; Egyptian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Egyptian

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Egyptian

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Coin Showing King Ptolemy I

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Coin Showing King Ptolemy I

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

ott

preferred

Title Type

false

Title:

Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt

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Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt

Title

false

Title Type:

alternate

ott

alternate

Title Type

false

View:

reverse

rid

reverse

View

false

Creation Date:

Ptolemaic Period, 284-247 B.C.

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Ptolemaic Period, 284-247 B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-284

ocs

-284

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-247

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-247

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Gold pentadrachm

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Gold pentadrachm

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Coin

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Coin

Classification Term

false

Subject Description:

Ptolemy II used the portrait of the funder of the dynasty, Ptolemy I, on his coin. On the obverse, the aegis (a magical garment) worn by Ptolemy I alluded to Zeus as well as Athena; it was thought to protect the wearer and repel enemies, and it underscored the divine origins of the dynasty. On the reverse the eagle and the thunderbolt also recall Zeus, with whom, in the form of Zeus-Ammon, the early Ptolemaic dynasty associated itself.

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Ptolemy II used the portrait of the funder of the dynasty, Ptolemy I, on his coin. On the obverse, the aegis (a magical garment) worn by Ptolemy I alluded to Zeus as well as Athena; it was thought to protect the wearer and repel enemies, and it underscored the divine origins of the dynasty. On the reverse the eagle and the thunderbolt also recall Zeus, with whom, in the form of Zeus-Ammon, the early Ptolemaic dynasty associated itself.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Asia,Middle East,Cyprus

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Asia,Middle East,Cyprus

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

Diameter: 2.4 cm (1 in.)

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Diameter: 2.4 cm (1 in.)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1922.4933

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1922.4933

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt