Alexandria CRI.96.5088.1.3

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight: 13.52
  • 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, ΑΓ au-dessus de ΑΡ

Findspot Description

Findspot

• Findspot: Cricket Ground excavations
• Stratigraphic Unit: 5088

Discovery

• Date: November 06, 1996

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B70
• Reference: Picard, Faucher 2012, 135
• Reference: Svoronos 289

Administrative History

• Index: 3919
• Coin Number: 146
• Inventory Number: CRI.96.5088.1.3
• Department: Greek Numismatics
• Repository: Shallalat

Rights

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