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Chalkon - Ptolemaios Tetrarch

Features

Issuer Seleucia Pieria (Syria)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 80 BC - 40 BC
Value Chalkon (1⁄48)
Currency Drachm
Composition Brąz
Weight 5 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
425933
References HGC 9# 1444
Oliver D. Hoover; 2009. Handbook of Syrian Coins / Volume 9: Royal and Civic Issues : Fourth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.
, Lindgren III# 1233
Henry Clay Lindgren; 1993. Ancient Greek Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection / Volume III. Chrysopylon Publications, Quarryville, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

(en) Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in a ring of pearls.

Reverse

(en) Double cornucopia; star-in-crescent between, monograms above and below, all in a ring of pearls.

Script: grecki

Mint

Chalcis sub Libano, Coele-Syria, modern-day Nabi Sbat, Lebanon

Comments

(en)

There is a smaller denomination (13mm, under 2 grams) with similar designs that is unpublished.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (80 BC - 40 BC) 

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