Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 677b

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 249 BC - 248 BC
• Denomination: Stater
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Authority: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire

• Geographic

  • Mint: Joppa
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Syria--Samaria

• Obverse

  • Type: Diademed Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, dotted border
  • Portrait: Ptolemy I Soter
  • • Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
    • State: Ptolemaic Empire

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ l. ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ r.
  • Type: Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border
  • Symbol (Left field): Ι beside Lorber Monogram 113 , consists of Π and Ρ (above) / Lorber Monogram 44 , consists of Α and Γ (below)
  • Symbol (Right field): Λ𝖨 (above) / Lorber Monogram 104 , consists of and Θ (below)
• TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire