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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN CLAY BULLA
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Impressed with the head of a Ptolemaic ruler, perhaps Ptolemy Philometor VI, youthfully depicted as Dionysos with fillet and vine wreath, traces of papyrus imprint on back, pierced for attachment
¾ in. (1.5 cm.) across
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Impressed with the head of a Ptolemaic ruler, perhaps Ptolemy Philometor VI, youthfully depicted as Dionysos with fillet and vine wreath, traces of papyrus imprint on back, pierced for attachment
¾ in. (1.5 cm.) across
Provenance
Baron Empain collection (1852-1929), France.