Dichalkon - Berenice II

Features

Issuer	Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BC - 30 BC))
Królowa	Berenice II (246 BC - 221 BC)
Król	Ptolemy III Euergetes (246 BC - 222 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	246 BC - 222 BC
Value	Dichalkon (1⁄24)
Currency	Attic drachm (circa 323 – 306 BC)
Composition	Brąz
Weight	4.49 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 337042
References	Lorber 1.2# 462 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. , PCO# cpe.1_2.B462 Ptolemaic Coins Online (http://numismatics.org/pco/) , SvoronosPt# 1056 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

(en) Bust of Berenice II facing right, draped, with hair in a bun.

Script: grecki

Lettering: BEΡENIKHΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ

Reverse

Orzeł z rozpostartymi skrzydłami stojący po lewej stronie na piorunie. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY

Mint

Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia, modern-day Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey

Comments

(fr) Le buste est parfois décrit comme coiffé d'un diadème.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (246 BC - 222 BC)

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