Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC041 (Early-Middle Hellenistic hemiobol of Ptolemy III from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -221
Not before (date): -246
Comment: JLR: “Middle-denomination bronze coins of Ptolemy III occur not uncommonly at sites in the northastern Peloponnese. C. C. Lorber (CPtolEmpI.2) has identified this hemiobol type as an issue of Corinth.“
Comment: RW: “Athough this coin is heavily worn, the attribution is likely due to its fabric, weight, diameter, and the presence of the dimple that is diagnostic of Ptolemaic bronzes.“
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: AgoraXXVI 1007, p. 283, pl. 31 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda: CPtolEmpI.2 B407
Comparanda: Svoronos19041908, p. 155, no. 1000, pl. XXX:8
Preservation comment: Wear: P. Severe wear; widespread, minute pitting; rounded edges with two deep nicks.
Published as: Weir2022, pp. 1127, 1128, no. 806, fig. 23.6
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: Hemiobol
Numismatic Authority: Ptolemy III Euergetes (king of Egypt, 246-221 BCE)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 19.0
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 5.75
Obverse Description: Laureate bust of king to right (traces)
Reverse Description: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Eagle (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC041 (Early-Middle Hellenistic hemiobol of Ptolemy III from Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc041>