Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Coin of Ptolemy III from a Ptolemaic hoard
Description
Bronze
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small, round bronze coin shows worn relief on one face with a dark, clustered motif resembling animals/figures, surrounded by a plain border.
The image depicts a single circular metal coin photographed against a light gray background. The surface is worn, making fine details difficult to read. One side shows a dense field of dark raised/engraved forms that could represent figures (possibly animals or a scene), enclosed by a raised rim. No clearly legible Greek letters, hieroglyphs, or a cartouche are visible at this resolution/condition. The other side is not shown.
unclear
Ptolemaic Period (as catalogued); exact reign text unclear due to wear
poor
Royals
Ptolemy III (Ptolemaic; not legible in image)
Materials
bronze/bronze alloymetal patina/corrosion (dark green/black)
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252541 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.353 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551315 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.