Coin, Silver tetradrachm with portrait of Ptolemy I (front)
Coin, Silver tetradrachm with portrait of Ptolemy I (front)
Place of OriginEgypt
Date285-247 BCE
DimensionsDiam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumDie stamped silver.
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer
Object number
1934.18
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: Ptolemy I; Reverse: eagle on fulmen.
Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305-283 BCE
about 305-285 BCE
about 305-285 BCE
about 320-319 BCE
c. 247-221 BCE
68-54 BCE
about 242-222 BCE
early 2nd century BCE
about 450-423 BCE
321-281 BCE
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