Silver Coin, Memphis, 317 BC - 316 BC 1944.100.35701

Physical Description

• Axis: 11

• Conservation State

  • Secondary Treatment: Countermarked

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 15.31
  • Diameter (in mm): 26.5

Typological Description

Source: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 33

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 317 BC - 316 BC
• Denomination: Tetradrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Ptolemy I Soter
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Memphis

• Obverse

  • Portrait: Ptolemy I Soter
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire

• Reverse

  • Symbol (LeftField): thunderbolt
  • Symbol (Exergue): Lorber Monogram 88 , consists of Η, Δ, and Ξ
  • Deity: Zeus
• TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

References

• Reference: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 33

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1944.100.35701
• Department: Greek
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

• Provenance

  • Bequest of E.T. Newell

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Public Domain Mark (images)
• Rights: No Copyright - United States