Co 1014 (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

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

Comparanda

CPtolEmpI.2 B407

Comparanda

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

Contributor Notes

2017 (May 29): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Description

Obverse struck partly off bottom of flan. Centering dimple on reverse.

Preservation description

Wear: P+. Slight nicking around edge; slight pitting and scratching especially on reverse.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 700 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)

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)

3.72

Obverse Description

Laureate bust of king to right, wearing aegis (characteristic profile); within dotted border (traces)

Reverse Description

Eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; behind, cornucopia; within dotted border

Reverse Inscription

Π̣ΤΟΛ[ΕΜΑΙΟΥ - ΒΑΣΙ]ΛΕ̣Ω̣Σ̣

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