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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 139b

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 139b, Tetarte, Gold, struck at Alexandria, 294–282 BC. Obverse: diademed head of ptolemy i right, aegis tied around neck, sometimes tiny δ behind ear. Reverse: eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt. Weight about g.
mint Alexandria weight g (0)
ruler Ptolemy I Soter diameter (0)
denomination Tetarte axis (0)
material Gold technique
country Ptolemaic Egypt dataset PCO — Ptolemaic Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Diademed Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, sometimes tiny Δ behind ear

reverse

Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 139b (cpe.1_1.139b), 294–282 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-139b/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA