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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B406

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B406, Tritartemorion, Bronze, struck at Corinth, 243–222 BC. Obverse: laureate bust of ptolemy iii. right, wearing aegis over his torso like a chlamys, dotted border. Reverse: eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border. Weight about 7.4 g, diameter 21.7 mm.
mint Corinth weight 7.37g (3)
ruler Ptolemy III Euergetes diameter ⌀21.7 (3)
denomination Tritartemorion axis 12↕ (3)
material Bronze technique —
country Ptolemaic Egypt dataset PCO — Ptolemaic Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Laureate bust of Ptolemy III. right, wearing aegis over his torso like a chlamys, dotted border

reverse

Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border

specimens (7)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB) 8.04g ⌀22.0 12↕
NNC (DNB) 7.27g ⌀21.0 12↕
KENOM — Koeln Classics 6.80g ⌀22.0 11↕
BnF (HRC)

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B406 (cpe.1_2.B406), 243–222 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-ii-no-b406/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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