Intertestamental

Ptolemy XII Coin

Egypt, Ptolemy XII, Ancient Greek Coins...

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Greek Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII, Syria

Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Information Center. The classical portrait on the obverse of this tetradrachm coin echoes that of Alexander the Great, although it dates from the reign of Antiochus VII, some 200 years later. From 138 to 129 BC, he ruled a kingdom approximating modern-day Syria.The reverse design shows the goddess Athena, with ...

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Seleucid Kingdoms, around 310 BC

- from Shepherd's Historical Atlas...

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Arsinoe II, Wife of Ptolemy II Coin

Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt: Arsinoe II, Wife of Ptolemy II, Oktadrachm Arsinoe II wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphus or Arsinoe III wife of Ptolemy IV Philopator Gold Oktadrachm (struck under Ptolemy VI or VIII, ca. 180-116 B.C.) Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of the Macedonian queen of Egypt Arsinoe right, with lotus-tipped scepter over shoulder, '...

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Dynasty: 323 -30 BC

Coins of the Ancient Egyptians: Ptolemaic Dynasty: 323 -30 BC...

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Marc Antony and Cleopatra Coin

An Excessively Rare Silver Tetradrachm of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Circa 36-34 BC This excessively rare silver tetradrachm is believed by numismatic scholars to have been struck sometime between 36 and 34 BC, most likely at a mint in Syria where they often Summered. Michael Grant thinks it most likely that it was struck in 34 BC in connection wi...

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Tetradrachm of Seleucus I

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tetradrachm of Seleucus I, 300""280 B.C.; Seleucid. Iran, excavated at Pasargadae Silver Money""as a means of exchange, a mode of payment, and a standard of value""was in use in the ancient Near East long before the invention of coinage in Lydia during the seventh century B.C. Early Mesopotamian texts record payments of...

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