Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 891, Mnaieon, Gold, struck at Alexandria, 219–217 BC. Obverse: veiled head of arsinoe ii right, with highly idealized, youthful features and ram's horn, wearing diademed stephane, lotus scepter over far shoulder, dotted borders. Reverse: double cornucopiae containing pomegranates, pyramidal cakes, and round fruits, a grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn, the horns bound with royal diadem, dotted border. Weight about g.
| mint | Alexandria | weight | g (0) |
| ruler | Ptolemy IV Philopator | diameter | ⌀ (0) |
| denomination | Mnaieon | axis | ↕ (0) |
| material | Gold | technique | — |
| country | Ptolemaic Egypt | dataset |
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obverse
Veiled Head of Arsinoe II right, with highly idealized, youthful features and ram's horn, wearing diademed stephane, lotus scepter over far shoulder, dotted borders
reverse
Double Cornucopiae containing pomegranates, pyramidal cakes, and round fruits, a grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn, the horns bound with royal diadem, dotted border
specimens (1)
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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 891 (cpe.1_1.891), 219–217 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-891/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA