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COIN
Unique ID: HAMP-07EE32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy coin of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, possibly Ptolemy II (285-246 BC) or similar, dating to the c.3rd to 2nd centuries BC. Obverse depicting the diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right. Reverse type depicting an Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, within a dotted border(?). Mint of Alexandria. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 40: pl. VI, nos. 163-166 for similar examples.
The coin has a D-shaped cross-section, being flat to the reverse and convex to the obverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period to: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Date from: Circa 285 BC
Date to: Circa 170 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 14.58 g
Diameter: 25.55 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form ALTCM 2136
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Uncertain (copper alloy) view all attributed records
Ruler/issuer: Ptolemy II
Mint or issue place: Alexandria (Egypt)
Obverse description: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right.
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, within a dotted border(?)
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Selborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7334
Four figure Latitude: 51.10066574
Four figure longitude: -0.95880198
1:25K map: SU7334
1:10K map: SU73SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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