Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 691

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 254 BC - 253 BC
• Denomination: Stater
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Gaza
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Syria--Judaea

• 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): Lorber Monogram 43 , consists of Α and Γ (above) / Lorber Monogram 19 , consists of Α and Γ (below)
  • Symbol (Right field): ΛΒ (above) / Lorber Monogram 239 , consists of Φ and Α (below) / 𝖨 (below)
• TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire