Co 2014 (Early Hellenistic dichalkon of Ptolemy II from Alexandria) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-261

Not before (date)

-266

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

BMCPtolemies Ptolemaeus III 122, p. 57

Comparanda

CPtolEmpI.2 B222

Comparanda

Svoronos1904-1908, p. 69, no. 442, pl. XVII:29

Description

Distinctly bevelled edge. Centering dimple on reverse. Slightly undersized flan for type.

Preservation comment

Wear: P. Slightly chipped edge; extensive, moderate pitting and severe cratering. Wide, thick patches of pale greenish white bronze disease in pits.

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

Dichalkon

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

16.0

Numismatic Mint

Alexandria (Egypt)

Numismatic Weight (g)

3.61

Obverse Description

Diademed head of Zeus [Ammon] to right (thick hair and beard visible, no horn surviving); within dotted border

Reverse Description

Eagle with wings open standing to left on thunderbolt

Reverse Inscription

ΠΤΟ[ΛΕΜΑΙ]ΟΥ – ΒΑ[ΣΙΛ]ΕΩΣ; between legs, Δ

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Eagle (Visual Motif)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph