Obverse

Obverse

Name/Title

Ptolemy IV - AE Hemidrachm

Entry/Object ID

C2017-G74-461

Collection

Hellenistic Greece

Mintage

Mint

Tyre

Date made

217 BCE - 204 BCE

Time Period

Hellenistic

Place of Origin

City

Tyre

Manufacture Method

Struck

Coin Details

Obverse

Description

Head of Zeus Ammon, diademed, right.

Reverse

Description

Eagle standing on thunderbolt, left; to left in field, club of Herakles; ΔI between legs.

Transcription

ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ]

Translation

King Ptolemy

Issuing Authority

Ptolemy IV

Denomination

AE Hemidrachm

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

West Asia

Continent

Asia

Culture/Tribe

Greek

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Thickness

5.46 mm

Diameter

34.24 mm

Weight

32.95 g

Composition

Material

Bronze

Web Links and URLs

Ptolemaic Coins Online

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Svoronos 1130

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Volume 2, Part 1, B543