Bronze Coin, Alexandria, 246 BC - 222 BC 1976.26.3

Physical Description

• Axis: 0

Typological Description

Source: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B397

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 246 BC - 222 BC
• Denomination: Diobol
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Authority: Ptolemy III Euergetes
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Alexandria

• Obverse

  • Type: Horned Head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion, dotted border
  • Deity: Zeus Ammon
  • Deity: Zeus

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ on l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r.
  • Type: Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border
  • Symbol (LeftField): cornucopiae bound with royal diadem left
  • Symbol (Exergue): Lorber Monogram 244 , consists of Χ and Ρ
• TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B397
• Reference: SNGCop 176

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1976.26.3
• Department: Greek
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Rights

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