Alexandria CRI.96.HS.

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight: 1.52
  • Diameter: 26

Typological Description

• Date Range: BCE 294 - BCE 282
• Object Type: Coin
• Denomination: Diobol
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Authority: Ptolemy I Soter
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire
• TypeSeries: 2D

• Geographic

  • Mint: Alexandria
  • Region: Egypt

• Obverse

  • Type: Tête de Zeus laurée à droite.

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
  • Type: Aigle aux ailes ouvertes debout à gauche sur un foudre, A au-dessus du monogramme MAΠ dans le champ gauche
• Symbol: Lorber Monogram 161 , consists of Μ, Α, and Π

Findspot Description

Findspot

• Findspot: Cricket Ground excavations
• Stratigraphic Unit: H.S.

Discovery

• Date: April 11, 1996

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B65
• Reference: Picard, Faucher 2012, 119
• Reference: Svoronos, 278

Administrative History

• Index: 3853
• Coin Number: 59
• Inventory Number: CRI.96.HS.
• Department: Greek Numismatics
• Repository: Shallalat

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: Centre d’Études Alexandrines
• License: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International (images)
• Rights: CEAlex-Archives