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Bronze coin

Bronze coin; (obverse) laureate head of Zeus facing right, in dotted border, (reverse) =add Greek inscription= eagle facing left holds thunderbolt in his talons, to left in field two illegible monograms =add Greek inscription=.

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.827
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Coins
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / court / burial)
  • Material
    Bronze
  • Dimensions
    Diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); weignt 17.52 g
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic, reign of Ptolemy I, Soter
  • Date of Register Entry
    305–283 B.C.
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)

Tombs and Monuments 1

Full Bibliography

  • D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 195-196, cat. 142.