Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC067 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Ptolemy III from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -221
Not before (date): -246
Comment: JLR, RW: 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: “The flan’s size, weight, fabric, and central dimple are diagnostic of Ptolemy III.“
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. Somewhat extensive, moderate to severe pitting to cratering; rounded edges. Small patches of green bronze disease.
Published as: Weir2022, pp. 1127, 1128, no. 807, fig. 23.6
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: Hemiobol
Numismatic Authority: Ptolemy III Euergetes (king of Egypt, 246-221 BCE)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 20.0
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 6.17
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: “KC067 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin 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/kc067>