The Fralin Museum of Art, U.Va.: Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter, Alexandria, 306 B.C. 1990.18.9.

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Anverso: Horned Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant Headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis, sometimes with tiny Δ on aegis, dotted border

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Reverso: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY l. - Athena Promachos advancing right, brandishing spear and shield, dotted border

Descripción del tipo

Tipo de objeto: moneda
Fecha: 306 BC
Denominación: Tetradracma
Manufactura: Struck
Material: plata
Autoridad emisora
- Autoridad emisora: Ptolomeo I
Geográfico
- Ceca: Alejandría
- Región: Africa--Africa--Egypt
Anverso
- Retrato: Ptolomeo I
Reverso
- Símbolo (LeftField): Lorber Monogram 20 , consists of Α and Γ
- Símbolo (RightField): Lorber Monogram 35 , consists of Α and Τ (above) / Lorber Monogram 58 , consists of Δ, Φ, and Ο (below) / eagle on thunderbolt (below)
- Divinidad: Atenea
TypeSeries: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire

Referencia descriptiva

Referencia: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 59
Referencia: Svoronos (1904-1908) 146

Historia administrativa

Identificador: 1990.18.9
Procedencia
- 1990: Acquired from the Worldwide Treasure Bureau, 1990.
- 1946: Ex: Hermann Mosberg Collection. Appraised by Münzen und Medallen, Basel, Switzerland.
Departamento: Greek
Colección: The Fralin Museum of Art

Rights

Rights: The object and images are not under copyright (Public Domain) in the United States.

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Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter, Alexandria, 306 B.C. 1990.18.9.

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