Byzantion, Ptolemaios Keraunos, Dichalkon (CN type 12314)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
254 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDichalkon in bronze struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Ptolemaios Keraunos dated 254 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12314. Obverse: Veiled Head of Arsinoe II, wearing stephane, right. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Dichalkon
- Recorded diameter
- 10–14 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.91 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Byzantion
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Ptolemaios Keraunos
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled Head of Arsinoe II, wearing stephane, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing left on thunderbolt.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙ ΠΤΟ(ΛΕ)
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12314
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12314
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 bibliographyp. 65, nr. B299
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 5-7, 8-16, 56-61
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution