Savoca Coins
Online Auction 95 | Silver 14 Feb 2021
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Lebedos (Ptolemaïs) mint. Ptolemy III Euergetes 246-221 BC. Struck circa 240-222 BC. ΚΩΡΑΒΟΣ (Koravos, magistrate)
Tetrachalkon Æ
17 mm, 3,95 g
Diademed bust right of Ptolemy III, [wearing aegis] / Athena Ilias standing right, brandishing javelin with right hand and holding distaff in left, shield at feet, ΚΩΡΑΒΟΣ to left, ΠTO in right field.
nearly very fine
Svoronos 925; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p.515, 3.
In the Third Syrian War (246-241 BC), Ptolemy III wrested control of a number of cities in western Asia Minor from the Seleukids. Lebedos was one such city, which Ptolemy subsequently refounded as Ptolemaïs. Only a handful of these Ptolemaic coins of Lebedos are known, and their attribution to this mint is based primarily on their findspots and the presence of a grape bunch (a symbol of Lebedos) symbol on the silver coinage. Although Ptolemaic tetradrachms of all mints typically feature an idealized portrait of Ptolemy I Soter on the obverse, these coins of Lebedos exhibit a portrait whose features are quite different and more realistic, suggesting they are actually a portrait of Ptolemy III.
Tetrachalkon Æ
17 mm, 3,95 g
Diademed bust right of Ptolemy III, [wearing aegis] / Athena Ilias standing right, brandishing javelin with right hand and holding distaff in left, shield at feet, ΚΩΡΑΒΟΣ to left, ΠTO in right field.
nearly very fine
Svoronos 925; Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p.515, 3.
In the Third Syrian War (246-241 BC), Ptolemy III wrested control of a number of cities in western Asia Minor from the Seleukids. Lebedos was one such city, which Ptolemy subsequently refounded as Ptolemaïs. Only a handful of these Ptolemaic coins of Lebedos are known, and their attribution to this mint is based primarily on their findspots and the presence of a grape bunch (a symbol of Lebedos) symbol on the silver coinage. Although Ptolemaic tetradrachms of all mints typically feature an idealized portrait of Ptolemy I Soter on the obverse, these coins of Lebedos exhibit a portrait whose features are quite different and more realistic, suggesting they are actually a portrait of Ptolemy III.