Ring with a portrait of a Ptolemaic queen
Ring with a portrait of a Ptolemaic queen
Ring with a portrait of a Ptolemaic queen
Ring with a portrait of a Ptolemaic queen

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Ring with a portrait of a Ptolemaic queen,

second half of the 3rd century BCE

Greek
Hellenistic
2005-114

Information

Title
Ring with a portrait of a Ptolemaic queen
Dates

second half of the 3rd century BCE

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
2.4 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm (15/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Roy Lennox
Object Number
2005-114
Culture
Greek
Period
Hellenistic
Type
metalwork, finger rings
Materials
bronze
Subject
queens (people), portraits, women, heads

With a coin dealer in Munich by 1990; purchased from Freeman & Sear (closing date Oct. 31, 2005), lot 669.

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