Ptolemais-Ake

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 290

The mint at the ancient site of Ptolemais-Ake in Phoenicia.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Ptolemais-Ake? (Ptolemy II), silver, tetradrachms (256-246 BCE)		Silver	8,352 kg
S 652 - Ptolemais-Ake? (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (201-199 BCE)		Silver	719 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Seleucus IV), silver, tetradrachms (180-175 BCE)		Silver	335 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (170-168 BCE)		Silver	828 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (168-164 BCE)		Silver	4,675 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IV), silver, tetradrachms (167-164 BCE) Voulgaridis		Silver	5,257 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (165-164 BCE)		Silver	329 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (Zeus) (164-162 BCE)		Silver	424 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus V), silver, tetradrachms (Apollo) (164-162 BCE)		Silver	930 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Demetrius I), silver, tetradrachms (159-157 BCE)		Silver	3,208 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Alexander Balas), silver, tetradrachms (Zeus) (151-149 BCE)		Silver	719 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VI), silver, tetradrachms (144-142 BCE)		Silver	3,956 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Tryphon), silver, tetradrachms (142-138 BCE)		Silver	11,645 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VII), silver, tetradrachms (138-129 BCE)		Silver	39,060 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VII), silver, tetradrachms (eagle) (136-135 BCE)		Silver	454 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Demetrius II), silver, tetradrachms (128-126 BCE)		Silver	2,912 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Demetrius II), silver, tetradrachms (eagle) (128-126 BCE)		Silver	6,381 kg
S 2018 - Ptolemais-Ake (Demetrius II), silver, didrachms (eagle) (128-126 BCE)		Silver	337 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Cleopatra thea), silver, tetradrachms (126-125 BCE)		Silver	2,021 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Cleopatra thea and Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (eagle) (125-120 BCE)		Silver	1,383 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Cleopatra thea and Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (124-121 BCE)		Silver	6,105 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (121-113 BCE)		Silver	33,011 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VIII), silver, tetradrachms (eagle) (121-113 BCE)		Silver	10,623 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus VIII), silver, didrachms (eagle) (117-113 BCE)		Silver	2,090 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (113-106 BCE)		Silver	9,306 kg
S 2026 - Ptolemais-Ake (Antiochus IX), silver, tetradrachms (eagle) (113-106 BCE)		Silver	6,419 kg
Ptolemais-Ake (Cleopatra and Antony), bronze (35-34 BCE)		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
SO 766 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint			307 JL
SO 765 - Ptolemais-Ake over Susa			308 JL
SO 764 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint			311 JL
SO 763 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint			311 JL
SO 762 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint			312 JL
SO 761 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint			316 JL
SO 770 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint			316 JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2974 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Seleucid type (Laodice/elephant) (CNG, EA 228, 24 Feb. 2010, 155)		Bronze	280 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	ace_ptolemais
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Ptolemais-Ake in Phoenicia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	678010
Ancient regionAncient region.	Syria (Phoenicia) Nomisma: phoenicia, Nomisma: greek_syria
Modern countryModern country	Israel
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	32.921776° N, 35.077005° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Acre,_Israel https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678010 http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x49780 http://geonames.org/295721 http://sws.geonames.org/295721/

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Literature

• Carlen 2022
• Houghton - Le Rider 1985
• Houghton 1992
• Voulgaridis 2000

Authors

• Arthur Houghton
• Georges Le Rider
• Georges Voulgaridis