Co 237 (Early-Middle Hellenistic hemiobol of Ptolemy III from Corinth) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-222

Not before (date)

-243

Comment

RW, 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.

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

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

Description

Somewhat oval flan unusually wide; reverse struck slightly off flan to right. Centering dimple on reverse.

Preservation comment

Wear: P. Slightly chipped edge; extensive, moderate pitting and severe, large cratering on reverse.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 54, no. 667 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial”)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

Hemiobol

Numismatic Authority

Ptolemy III Euergetes (king of Egypt, 246-221 BCE)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

21.5

Numismatic Mint

Corinth

Numismatic Weight (g)

4.2

Obverse Description

Laureate bust of king wearing aegis to right; within dotted border (traces)

Reverse Description

Eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; behind, cornucopia wrapped in diadem (traces); within dotted border (traces)

Reverse Inscription

[Π]ΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ]

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)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph