- Co 923 (Early Hellenistic bronze obol of Ptolemy I from Paphos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -282
- Not before (date)
- -294
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- CPtolEmpI.2 B216
- Comparanda
- Svoronos19041908, vol. 2, p. 14, no. 75, pl. VI:23
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/aVF? Extensive, severe chipping and flaking. Large areas of blue to green bronze disease (chloride salts) and red corrosion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 15, 83, no. 53 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Ptolemy III (?), 247-222 B.C.”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Has denomination
- Obol
- Numismatic Authority
- Ptolemy I Soter (king of Egypt, 305-282 BC)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Paphos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 6.74
- Obverse Description
- Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing polos
- Reverse Description
- Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ✶ (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- To right, ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟΥ] (slanting)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (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 923 (Early Hellenistic bronze obol of Ptolemy I from Paphos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0923>
