Silver Coin, Uncertain Mint 9, 282 BC - 275 BC 1944.100.76201

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 14.12
  • Diameter (in mm): 29

Typological Description

Source: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 415a

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 282 BC - 275 BC
• Denomination: Stater
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Uncertain Mint 9

• Obverse

  • Type: Diademed Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, sometimes tiny Δ behind ear, dotted border
  • Portrait: Ptolemy I Soter
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ r.
  • Type: Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt
  • Symbol (LeftField): Lorber Monogram 192 , consists of Π, Α, Ρ, and Τ (above) / Lorber Monogram 186 , consists of Ο, Π, and Ε (below)
• TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 415a
• Reference: SNGCop 467

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1944.100.76201
• Department: Greek
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Bequest of E.T. Newell
  • M. Nahman

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States