COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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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
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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
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preferred
Title Type
false
Title:
Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt
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Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt
Title
false
Title Type:
alternate
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alternate
Title Type
false
View:
reverse
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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
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-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
false
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:
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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
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.D12733.TIF
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AIC_.D12733.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false