Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 879

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 242 BC - 241 BC
• Denomination: Mnaieon
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Gold

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Joppa
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Syria--Samaria

• Obverse

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

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΑΡΥΙΝΟΗΣ 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 (Left field): Lorber Monogram 77 - , consists of and Π
  • Symbol (Right field): Ι beside Lorber Monogram 266 , consists of Π and Ρ (above) / Lorber Monogram 104 , consists of and Θ (below)
• TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire