
Portrait coin of Ptolemy I Soter
04 November 2023
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Portrait coin of Ptolemy I Soter: Figure 1
Item: | Tetradrachm |
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Issue: | Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt |
Mint: | Unknown |
Material: | Silver |
Diameter: | 26.5 mm |
Weight: | 14.1 g |
Date: | Unknown |
Obverse: | Diademed head of Ptolemy I Soter wearing a scaly aegis. |
Reverse: | Eagle with open wings seated on a fulmen (thunderbolt). Inscription to the left. |
Inscription: | ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΩΣ, Ptolemaiou Basileos, (=of King Ptolemy) |
Accession #: | OM 962 |
Credit: | Copyright Otago Museum, Dunedin |
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