Hemiobol - Ptolemy I Soter
Features
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BC - 30 BC)) |
|---|---|
| King |
Ptolemy I Soter (305 BC - 282 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 305 BC - 282 BC |
| Value | Hemiobol (1⁄12) |
| Currency | Attic drachm (circa 323 – 306 BC) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.8 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 345259 |
| References | Lorber 1.2# 119 Catharine C. Lorber; 2018. Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire - Part I: Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV / Volume 2: Bronze. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.Ptolemaic Coins Online (http://numismatics.org/pco/) , SvoronosPt# 79 Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos, Wilhelm Maria Barth, Kurt Regling; 1904. Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων = The coins of the Ptolemaic state. Tupois P. D. Sakellariou, Athens, Greece. |
Obverse
Head of Aphrodite Paphia facing right, wearing stephane.
Reverse
Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΠTOΛE
Unabridged legend: Πτολεμαίος
Translation: Ptolemy
Mint
Paphos, CyprusComments
Aphrodite portrait issues ca. 310 - 305 BC, some catalogs list these as struck after 296BC
Hemiobol Sv79; Lorber B119 - Aphrodite wearing Stephane, open-wing eagle, at left Partial legend: PTO & no control symbols
Hemiobol Sv80; Lorber B123 - Aphrodite wearing Taenia, open-wing eagle, at left wreath control symbol
Hemiobol Sv81; Lorber B120 - Aphrodite wearing Taenia, no wreath
Stephane is a wreath-like headdress
Taenia is a ribbon-like headband
Since headdress is a distinguishing feature among these types and they are very close in design, they are often confused and thus presented together on this one page. (For a much more elaborate Stephane, see Svoronos 74).
Hemiobol Sv79; Lorber B119 - Aphrodite wearing Stephane, open-wing eagle, at left Partial legend: PTO & no control symbols
Hemiobol Sv80; Lorber B123 - Aphrodite wearing Taenia, open-wing eagle, at left wreath control symbol
Hemiobol Sv81; Lorber B120 - Aphrodite wearing Taenia, no wreath
Stephane is a wreath-like headdress
Taenia is a ribbon-like headband
Since headdress is a distinguishing feature among these types and they are very close in design, they are often confused and thus presented together on this one page. (For a much more elaborate Stephane, see Svoronos 74).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (305 BC - 282 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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