Tassie Coin Impression MyI no 720
Purchased May 6, 2022.
Purchased From: Online shop of Timothy Medhurst. Original listing no longer available online.
Description:
An Early 19th Century Grand Tour Wax Coin Impression Of An Ancient Ptolematic Kings Of Egypt Tetradrachm Of Ptolemy IV, A Commemorative Issue Struck By Ptolemy V, c.205-180 B.C.
6.7cm wide overall.
Obverse: Bust of Ptolemy IV. Reverse: Eagle standing on thunderbolt.
The wax Impression laid to resin within its original card slip, numbered in ink “7”.
There is some minor wear to the card as expected with age, a crack through the centre of the wax and resin. An attractive and very decorative piece. Medhurst original images shown below.
From Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection
MyI No. 720 shown below on left; Image from Catalogue shown on right. Tassie coin impressions were primarily taken from the collection of Dr. William Hunter, the originator of the Hunterian Collection.
Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection, Vol III, University of Glasgow
by Hunterian Museum (University of Glasgow); MacDonald, George, 1862-1940
Publication date 1899
Topics Coins, Greek
Publisher Glasgow, J. Maclehose and Sons
Text p 382 pdf 398 of 900 Image Pl LXXXIII 6
v. 1. Italy, Sicily, Macedon, Trace, and Thessaly.–v. 2. North western Greece, Central Greece, Southern Greece, and Asia Minor.–v. 3. Further Asia, Northern Africa, Western Europe
“Similar” to “Bust of Ptolemy IV. r., with slight shisker, draped and diademed; border of dots.
“Similar” to “(Greek Letters from l., upwards) Eagle standing r. on thunderbolt, with wings closed; in front, (Greek Letters); beneath which, (Greek Letters); border of dots.
[PLATE LXXXIII. 6.]
