Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 714

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin

  • Date Range

    • From Date: 285 BC
    • To Date: 246 BC
  • Denomination: Didrachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Type: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck
    • Portrait: Ptolemy I Soter

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (retrograde) l. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ r.
    • Type: Eagle with closed wings standing right on thunderbolt
    • Symbol: mertens27 (Left field)
    • Symbol: race torch (Right field)
  • TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

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