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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 240

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 240, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Sidon, 312–311 BC. Obverse: horned head of deified alexander right, wearing elephant headdress and scaly aegis (mitra not clearly visible), dotted border. Reverse: athena promachos advancing right, brandishing spear and shield. Weight about g.
mint Sidon weight g (0)
ruler Ptolemy I Soter diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Tetradrachm axis ↕ (0)
material Silver technique —
country Ptolemaic Egypt dataset PCO — Ptolemaic Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Horned Head of deified Alexander right, wearing elephant Headdress and scaly aegis (mitra not clearly visible), dotted border

reverse

Athena Promachos advancing right, brandishing spear and shield

specimens (1)
BnF (HRC)

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 240 (cpe.1_1.240), 312–311 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-240/ (accessed: 2026-09-18). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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