AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1922.4933
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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African; North African; Egyptian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Egyptian
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Title:
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Coin Showing King Ptolemy I
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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reverse
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Creation Date:
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Ptolemaic Period, 284-247 B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-284
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Creation End Date:
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-247
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Materials and Techniques:
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Gold pentadrachm
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Classification Term:
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Coin
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Subject Description:
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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.
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Creation Place:
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Asia,Middle East,Cyprus
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Dimensions:
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Diameter: 2.4 cm (1 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1922.4933
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.D12733.TIF
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