Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 741

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.741

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date Range: 246 BC - 222 BC
  • Denomination: 1/4 drachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Gold

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Type: Diademed and veiled bust of Berenice II right, wearing necklace, dotted border

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΗΣ l., ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ r.
    • Type: Cornucopiae containing grain ear, pyramidal cake, and pomegranate, grape cluster hanging from left side of rim, the horn bound with royal diadem, its ends hanging straight, dotted border
    • Symbol (Left field): two stars flanking cornucopiae
  • TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

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Gold Coin, Alexandria, 246 BC - 222 BC 1955.190.35
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
10.0
Weight (in gr.)
1.07
[Monnaie : Or, Alexandrie, Égypte, Bérénice II]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
Fonds général 347
Weight (in gr.)
1.06
DNB GR-08770
Collection
National Numismatic Collection, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
11
Weight (in gr.)
1.088
DNB GR-08771
Collection
National Numismatic Collection, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
11
Weight (in gr.)
1.072

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
10.67
Weight (in gr.)
1.07

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