COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1922.4934
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AIC_.1922.4934
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 Queen Arsinoë II, Deified
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Coin Showing Queen Arsinoë II, Deified
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
Title:
Reverse: Double cornucopia
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Reverse: Double cornucopia
Title
false
Title Type:
alternate
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alternate
Title Type
false
View:
obverse
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obverse
View
false
Creation Date:
Ptolemaic Period, after 270 B.C.
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Ptolemaic Period, after 270 B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-270
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-270
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-265
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-265
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Gold octadrachm
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Gold octadrachm
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Coin
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Coin
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
Queen Arsinoë II, the daughter of Ptolemy I and the sister-goddess-consort of Ptolemy II, is honored on this coin. Under her veil is revealed the ram horn of the Egyptian god Amun, a mark of pharonic royalty. This coin was issued posthumously.
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Queen Arsinoë II, the daughter of Ptolemy I and the sister-goddess-consort of Ptolemy II, is honored on this coin. Under her veil is revealed the ram horn of the Egyptian god Amun, a mark of pharonic royalty. This coin was issued posthumously.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
...,Egypt,Urban (region),Al-Iskandariyah (governorate),Alexandria
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...,Egypt,Urban (region),Al-Iskandariyah (governorate),Alexandria
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Diameter: 2.8 cm (1-1/8 in.)
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Diameter: 2.8 cm (1-1/8 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:
1922.4934
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1922.4934
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_.D12624.TIF
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AIC_.D12624.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false