Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 493

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 261 BC - 252 BC
• Denomination: Mnaieon
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Gold

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Paphos
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Cyprus

• Obverse

  • Type: Veiled Head of deified Arsinoe II right, with ram's horn, wearing diademed stephane, lotus scepter over far shoulder, sometimes with serpent coiled around shaft, dotted border
  • Portrait: Arsinoe II
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire
    • State: Thrace

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ l. ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ r.
  • Type: Double Cornucopiae bound with royal diadem, containing pyramidal cakes, pomegranate, and other fruits, a grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn, dotted border
  • Symbol (Exergue): Lorber Monogram 188 , consists of Π and Α
• TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire