Tetradrachm

29-108-574

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-108-574
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Culture Ptolemaic
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Manufacture Location Tyre
Creator Ptolemy II
Period Ptolemy II
Date Made ca. 250 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Silver
Iconography Ptolemy II | Eagle | Thunderbolt
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Silver tetradrachma. Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Eagle on thunderbolt to left.

Thickness 0.3 cm
Outside Diameter 2.6 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 3534 - Field No SF

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