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Obverse: MωTCEOVHPACEMCCT. Draped bust wearing stephane. Reverse: Dikaiosyne seated L. in L. field LE (= year 5).
Obverse: ΜΙΟΥΦΙΛΙΠΠΟCΚCΕΒ. Draped and cuirassed bust, bare-headed. Reverse: Eagle stand L. on fulmen, head turned back, wreath in beak. L B (= Year 2).
Obverse: AKMIOVΦIΛIΠΠΟCEVC. Draped and cuirassed bust. Reverse: Tyche reclining L. on garlanded couch, r. hand on rudder, L. hand to head. Above, L E (= year 5).
Obverse: AKMIOVΦIΛIΠΠΟCEVC. Draped and cuirassed bust. Reverse: Homonia draped standing L., double cronucopiae on L. arm, r. hand raised. In L. field, L 5 (= year 6).
Obverse: ΑΚΓΜΚΤΡΑΙΑΝΟCΔΕΚΙΟCEY. Draped and cuirassed bust. Reverse: Eagle standing L., head turned back, wreath in beak. L A (= year 1).
Obverse:Head of Zeus Ammon, diademed, r. Border of dots. Reverse:ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ( to L.) ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (to r.). Eagle, wingsspread, head turned back, standing L, holding fulmen in talons; between legs,E. Border of dots.
Obverse: ΑΚΓΟΥΙΒΤΡΕΒΓΑΛΛΟCΕΥCΕΒ. Draped and cuirassed. Reverse: Eagle standing r., wings open, wreath in beak; in background, palm branch. In r. field, LΓ (= year 3).
Obverse: ΑΚΠΛΙΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟCEYEYC. Cuirassed bust. Reverse: Eagle L., head turned back, wreath in beak. L E (= year 5).
Obverse: [ΑΚΠΛ]ΙΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟCEYEYC. Cuirassed bust. Reverse: Eagle L., head turned back, wreath in beak. L E (= year 5).
Obverse: ΑΚΠΛΙΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟCEYEYC. Draped and cuirassed bust. Reverse: Alexandria draped and wearing cap with three turrets, standing L. holding bust of Sarapis crowned with modius in r. hand and long sceptre in L. L Z (= year 7).
Obverse: ΑΚΠΛΙΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟCEYEYC. Draped and cuirassed bust. Reverse: Eagle standing on L. on branch, head turned back, wreath in beak. L Z (= year 7)
Obverse:Head of Ptolemy I r., Diademed, aegis fastened around neck; behind ear, Border of dots. Reverse:ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Eagle standing L. on Fulmen, wings open; in front
Obverse:Head of Zeus Ammon r., with ram's horns and wearing taenia. Border of dots. Hole in center. Reverse:ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Eagle standing L. on fulmen, filleted cornucopiae on L. shoulder; between legs (?), two dots under tail. Border of dots.
Obverse:Head of Isis, r., in corn wreath, hair in formal curls. Border of dots Reverse:ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Eagle standing L. on Fulmen, wings open. Border of dots.
Shallow lidded bowl (lekanis) from Apulia. The decoration is of two female heads and stylised palm leaves (palmettes). Attributed to an artist now known as the Ugento Painter. Approximately 350-325 BC
Juglet decorated with rows of cross-hatched triangles. White-Painted Ware. Middle Bronze Age. Approximately 2000-1600 BC
Terracotta dog from Schlieman's excavations at Troy. Hellenistic period (330-30 BC)
One-handled jug (squat lekythos) from Paestum. The scene is of a cloaked woman seated beside an altar and making an offering from a plate. Attributed to the workshop of the artists known as Asteas and Python. Approximately 350-325 BC
One-handled jug (squat lekythos). This has a simple decoration of impressed lines and semi-circles in a petal pattern. 450-400 BC
Bronze Corinthian helmet. Greece. Approximately 700 BC