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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 168

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 168, Stater, Silver, struck at Alexandria, 294–282 BC. Obverse: diademed head of ptolemy i right, aegis tied around neck, tiny δ behind ear. Reverse: eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt. Weight about 14.2 g, diameter 26.5 mm.
obverse Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 168
reverse Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 168
mint Alexandria weight 14.24g (8)
ruler Ptolemy I Soter diameter ⌀26.5 (2)
denomination Stater axis 7↕ (2)
material Silver technique —
country Ptolemaic Egypt dataset PCO — Ptolemaic Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

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

reverse

Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt

controlmarks
Monogram 1762 Monogram 1762
specimens (23)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 14.22g ⌀26.0
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum 14.22g
British Museum 14.21g
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum 14.30g
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum 14.27g
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum 14.28g
BnF (HRC)
Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 168, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 14.26g 1↕
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
NNC (DNB) 14.13g ⌀27.0 12↕
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 168 (cpe.1_1.168), 294–282 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-168/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA