- Co 419 (Middle-Late Hellenistic hemiobol of Ptolemy III from Corinth with countermark) [permalink] [show more 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.
- Comment
- RW: For Ptolemaic host coin, commonest issues in region for era and design are Ptolemy III (e.g., Svoronos19041908, 1000, p. 155). Countermark may indicate “assarion“ or “Argos“.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- 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/aG (coin), aF (countermark). Extensive pitting; incipient pale blue and green bronze disease; deep crack through coin from edge at obverse axis 5.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 101, Appendix 3 (R. Hohlfelder marked as “Tessera“).
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- 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)
- 4.4
- Obverse Description
- Countermark in deep incuse ellipse over face (6 mm): A below solid square with thin projection (apple or pomegranate with stem? crown with branch?).
- Obverse Description
- Laureate bust of king to right (characteristic profile); within dotted border
- Reverse Description
- Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; behind, cornucopia wrapped in diadem (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- [Π]ΤΟ[ΛΕΜΑΙΟ]Υ - ΒΑΣΙ]ΛΕ[ΩΣ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Eagle (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 419 (Middle-Late Hellenistic hemiobol of Ptolemy III from Corinth with countermark).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0419>
