Coin of Ptolemy I Soter

Coin of Ptolemy I Soter

Obverse: Head of Alexander III, with horn of Zeus Amon, diademed, clad in elephant`s scalp and aegis. Dotted border.

 

Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ vertically left; Pallas Promachos r.; eagle/helmet on thunderbolt. Dotted border.

 

Cf. BMC 1883: 64,27-28; Svoronos 1904: 28,168, Pl.6,7.; SNG Cop. 40,1977: 1,19; SNG Milano 13,1, 1989: 14,3 dif.; Lorber 2012: 33-47; Lorber 2012a: 33-44.

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Coin of Ptolemy I Soter

Archeological Museum in Zagreb - Numismatic collection
Inv. no. A8369
Nikola Plavšić (1915.)
Alexandria
306-294 BC
Bronze

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