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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 30

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 30, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Memphis, 318–317 BC. Obverse: head of young heracles right wearing lion skin headdress, dotted border. Reverse: zeus enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right hand and resting left on scepter, feet on footrest, dotted border. Weight about 17.2 g.
obverse Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 30
obverse: Head of young Heracles right wearing lion skin Headdress, dotted border
mint Memphis weight 17.17g (1)
ruler Ptolemy I Soter diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Tetradrachm axis 12↕ (1)
material Silver technique —
country Ptolemaic Egypt dataset PCO — Ptolemaic Coins Online
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of young Heracles right wearing lion skin Headdress, dotted border

reverse

Zeus enthroned left, holding Eagle on extended right hand and resting left on scepter, feet on footrest, dotted border

specimens (2)
Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 30, harvard
Harvard Art Museums 17.17g 12↕
BnF (HRC)

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 30 (cpe.1_1.30), 318–317 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-30/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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