AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1922.4934
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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 Queen Arsinoƫ II, Deified
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Reverse: Double cornucopia
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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, after 270 B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-270
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Creation End Date:
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-265
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Materials and Techniques:
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Gold octadrachm
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Classification Term:
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Coin
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Subject Description:
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Queen Arsinoƫ 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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Creation Place:
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...,Egypt,Urban (region),Al-Iskandariyah (governorate),Alexandria
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Dimensions:
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Diameter: 2.8 cm (1-1/8 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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1922.4934
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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_.D12734.TIF
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