American Numismatic Society: Bronze Coin, Heracleia Pontica/Seleuceia Pieria, 246 BC

Weight (in gr.): 4.47
Diameter (in mm): 16

Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Berenice II. right, dotted border, ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΗΣ on left, ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ on right

Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ on l. (usually reading downwards), ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r. - Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border

Object Type: Coin
Date Range: 246 BC - 222 BC
Denomination: Dichalkon (Uncertain value)
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Authority: Ptolemy III Euergetes
- - Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  - State: Ptolemaic Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Heracleia Pontica (Uncertain value)
- Mint: Seleuceia Pieria (Uncertain value)
Obverse
- Portrait: Berenice II Euergetis
- - Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  - State: Ptolemaic Empire
Reverse
- Symbol (LeftField): ΕΥ
TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

Identifier: 1944.100.76351
Department: Greek
Collection: American Numismatic Society
Provenance
- Bequest of E.T. Newell
- R. Faelter 184 20/I/38, Spink April 1936 49739

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Bronze Coin, Heracleia Pontica/Seleuceia Pieria, 246 BC - 222 BC 1944.100.76351