Ainos, Ptolemaios III. Euergetes, stater (CN type 12305)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
246-222 v. Chr
Issuing entity
Thracestater in silver struck at Ainos in Thrace under Ptolemaios III. Euergetes dated 246-222 v. Chr, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12305. Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy III Euergetes, right, wearing aegis knotted around neck. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.75 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ainos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Ptolemaios III. Euergetes
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed head of Ptolemy III Euergetes, right, wearing aegis knotted around neck.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12305
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12305
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 931
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 400, nr. 752
Research required
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