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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B156

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B156, Hemiobol, Bronze, 281–279 BC. Obverse: laureate head of zeus right, dotted border. Reverse: eagle with closed wings standing right on thunderbolt, dotted border. Weight about 3.9 g, diameter 18.0 mm.
mint weight 3.91g (1)
ruler Meleager of Macedon diameter ⌀18.0 (1)
denomination Hemiobol axis 3↕ (1)
material Bronze technique
country Ptolemaic Egypt dataset PCO — Ptolemaic Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Laureate Head of Zeus right, dotted border

reverse

Eagle with closed wings standing right on thunderbolt, dotted border

controlmarks
Monogram 1762 Monogram 1762
specimens (1)
KENOM — Muenster 3.91g ⌀18.0 3↕

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B156 (cpe.1_2.B156), 281–279 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-ii-no-b156/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA