Alexandria CRI.97.6192.1.1

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight: 10.85
  • Diameter: 27

Typological Description

• Date Range: BCE 275 - BCE 261
• Object Type: Coin
• Denomination: Diobol
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Authority: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire
• TypeSeries: 2F

• 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, monogramme Σ au-dessus d’un bouclier galate dans le champ gauche, I entre les pattes
• Symbol: Lorber Monogram 219 , consists of and Σ

Findspot Description

Findspot

• Findspot: Cricket Ground excavations
• Stratigraphic Unit: 6188

Discovery

• Date: May 28, 1997

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B174
• Reference: Picard, Faucher 2012, 161
• Reference: Svoronos 576

Administrative History

• Index: 3958
• Coin Number: 228
• Inventory Number: CRI.97.6192.1.1
• Department: Greek Numismatics
• Repository: Shallalat

Rights

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