KC041 (Early-Middle Hellenistic hemiobol of Ptolemy III from Corinth) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-222

Not before (date)

-243

Comment

JLR: “Middle-denomination bronze coins of Ptolemy III occur not uncommonly at sites in the northeastern Peloponnese. C. C. Lorber (CPtolEmpI.2) has identified this hemiobol type as an issue of Corinth.“

Comment

RW: “Athough this coin is heavily worn, the attribution is likely due to its fabric, weight, diameter, and the presence of the dimple that is diagnostic of Ptolemaic bronzes.“

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

CPE I.2 B407

Comparanda

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

Comparanda

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

Conservation

2007 (July): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).

Preservation description

Wear: P. Severe wear; widespread, minute pitting; rounded edges with two deep nicks.

Published as

Weir2022, pp. 1127, 1128, no. 806, fig. 23.6

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

Hemiobol

Numismatic Authority

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

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

19.0

Numismatic Mint

Corinth

Numismatic Weight (g)

5.75

Obverse Description

Laureate bust of king to right (traces)

Reverse Description

Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt (traces)

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