American Numismatic Society: Silver Coin, Alexandria, 313 BC

Weight (in gr.): 15.71
Diameter (in mm): 27

Obverse: Horned Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant Headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis, dotted border

Reverse: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY r. - Zeus enthroned left, holding Eagle in extended right hand and resting left on sceptre, feet on footrest, dotted border

Object Type: Coin
Date Range: 313 BC - 312 BC
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Ptolemy I Soter
- - Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  - State: Ptolemaic Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Alexandria
Obverse
- Portrait: Ptolemy I Soter
- - Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  - State: Ptolemaic Empire
Reverse
- Symbol (LeftField): eagle on thunderbolt
- Symbol (Exergue): Δ
- Deity: Zeus
TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

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Silver Coin, Alexandria, 313 BC - 312 BC 1944.100.35705