AR Tetradrachma
Silver coin: Obv. head of Athena facing right wearing round earring and Attic helmet (crest mostly missing) adorned with flower and three olive leaves, eye not quite in profile (lips poorly done); Rev. [inscription], owl facing right with wings folded, olive branch and crescent in field, round depression to right of owl. [07-1-2]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.826
- Alternate IDs
- 11.826; MFAB_11.826
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Coins
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic
- Entry Date
- 305–30 B.C.
- Title
- AR Tetradrachma
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2.35 cm (15/16 in.)/ Weight: 16.60 grams
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room O = entrance corridor 3, S side in pottery jar)
- 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. Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 13.
- 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)
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.