Digital Giza | Bronze coin

Bronze coin; head on obverse; patinated.

ID

MFAB_11.968
Department

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification

Coins
Findspot

Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27 / Lot b)
Material

Bronze
Dimensions

Diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA
Period

Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic
Date of Register Entry

305–30 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)

Bronze coin