Alexandria CRI.96.2147.2.3

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight: 14.83
  • 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: 2147

Discovery

• Date: April 18, 1996

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B174
• Reference: Picard, Faucher 2012, 159
• Reference: Svoronos, 576

Administrative History

• Index: 3864
• Coin Number: 72
• Inventory Number: CRI.96.2147.2.3
• Department: Greek Numismatics
• Repository: Shallalat

Rights

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