Co 2012 (Early-Middle Hellenistic hemiobol of Ptolemy III from Corinth) [permalink]

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

Svoronos19041908, p. 155, no. 1000, pl. XXX:8

Comparanda

AgoraXXVI 1007, p. 283, pl. 31 (J. Kroll)

Comparanda

CPtolEmpI.2 B407

Description

Centering dimple on reverse.

Preservation comment

Wear: P+. Extensive, minute pitting; sparse marginal flaking; rare scratching. Small, thin areas of white bronze disease on both faces.

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)

5.04

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 (traces)

Reverse Inscription

Π[ΤΟΛΕ]ΜΑΙΟ[Υ] – ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ]

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