Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 39, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Alexandria, 313–312 BC. Obverse: horned head of the deified alexander right, wearing elephant headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis, dotted border. Reverse: zeus enthroned left, holding eagle in extended right hand and resting left on sceptre, feet on footrest, dotted border. Weight about g.
| mint | Alexandria | weight | g (0) |
| ruler | Ptolemy I Soter | diameter | ⌀ (0) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | ↕ (0) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Ptolemaic Egypt | dataset |
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obverse
Horned Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant Headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis, dotted border
reverse
Zeus enthroned left, holding Eagle in extended right hand and resting left on sceptre, feet on footrest, dotted border
specimens (1)
BnF (HRC)
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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 39 (cpe.1_1.39), 313–312 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-39/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA