Alexandria CRI.97.6187.1.5

Physical Description

• Axis: 12

• Measurements

  • Weight: 5.97
  • Diameter: 22

Typological Description

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

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Alexandria
  • Region: Egypt

• Obverse

  • Type: Tête d’Alexandre diadémée, cornue et coiffée de la peau d’éléphant 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 au-dessus du monogramme XP, Λ entre les pattes dans le champ gauche
• Symbol: Lorber Monogram 219 , consists of and Σ
• Symbol: Lorber Monogram 294 , consists of Χ and Ρ

Findspot Description

Findspot

• Findspot: Cricket Ground excavations
• Stratigraphic Unit: 7007

Discovery

• Date: May 28, 1997

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B191
• Reference: Picard, Faucher 2012, 107
• Reference: Svoronos 582

Administrative History

• Index: 3961
• Coin Number: 231
• Inventory Number: CRI.97.6187.1.5
• Department: Greek Numismatics
• Repository: Shallalat

Rights

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