American Numismatic Society: Bronze Coin, Byzantium, 254 BC 1944.135.20

Weight (in gr.): 1.6
Diameter (in mm): 10

Obverse: Type 1, large Head: Veiled Head of Arsinoe II. right, wearing stephane, dotted border

Reverse: ΒΑΣΙ (reading downward) on r., ΠΤΟΛΕ or ΠΤΟ (reading upward) on l. - Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt

Object Type: Coin
Date: 254 BC (Approximate value)
Denomination: Dichalkon
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Authority: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- - Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  - State: Ptolemaic Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Byzantium
Obverse
- Portrait: Arsinoe II
- - Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  - State: Ptolemaic Empire
  - State: Thrace
TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

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Bronze Coin, Byzantium, 254 BC 1944.135.20