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 bronze coin showing a highly detailed bearded male head in profile with surrounding raised ornament, photographed against a neutral background.
The object appears to be a small bronze coin with a circular rim. The obverse features a raised, sculptural figure resembling a crowned/diademed and bearded male head or bust in profile facing left, with stylized hair and beard curls rendered in relief. The field around the central image is bordered by a ring of small punched dots/beads. No clear Greek letters, hieroglyphs, or other inscriptions are legible at this resolution. No obvious cartouche is visible; the portrait style is consistent with Hellenistic royal coinage but specific identification as Ptolemy III cannot be confirmed from the image provided.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249928 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 22.3.471 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 551797 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.