Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B55, Diobol, Bronze, struck at Alexandria, 294–294 BC. Obverse: laureate head of zeus r. Reverse: eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border. Weight about 15.3 g, diameter 28.0 mm.
| mint | Alexandria | weight | 15.31g (4) |
| ruler | Ptolemy I Soter | diameter | ⌀28.0 (3) |
| denomination | Diobol | axis | 12↕ (4) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Ptolemaic Egypt | dataset |
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obverse
Laureate Head of Zeus r
reverse
Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border
controlmarks
Monogram 1582
Monogram 1582
specimens (7)
Harvard Art Museums
16.96g
12↕
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB)
11.69g
⌀26.0
12↕
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB)
15.06g
⌀29.0
12↕
NNC (DNB)
17.52g
⌀29.0
12↕
Cite this coin
Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B55 (cpe.1_2.B55), 294–294 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-ii-no-b55/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA