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Image of the obverse. AE-hemiobol (light). Inventory number:SC-03686 Image of the reverse. AE-hemiobol (light). Inventory number:SC-03686

AE-hemiobol (light)

Inventory number:SC-03686

Tags:

Group
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Current country
Egypte
Status or function
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Political unit
Greek states
Political state
Ptolemaic kingdom, Aegyptus
Authority
Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC)
Dating
283-246 BC
Production site
Alexandria (Iskindereyyah)
Mint master
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Designer
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Countermark
-
Serie
-
Serial number
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Catalogues
SNG Cop. 158 (type) – BMC 57 no. 114 – Svoronos, 450 – Weiser, 31
Subject
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Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
22
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
bronze
Mass (gr)
11.55

Obverse

Image

head of Alexander the Great right, wearing Ammon’s horn, elephant’s scalp and aegis

Text

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Reverse

Image

eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open; between legs, E

Text

BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU

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