Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 50, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Alexandria, 310–319 BC. Obverse: horned head of the deified alexander right, wearing elephant headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis, sometimes with tiny δ on aegis, dotted border. Reverse: athena promachos advancing right, brandishing spear and shield, dotted border. Weight about 17.1 g, diameter 27.0 mm.
| mint | Alexandria | weight | 17.07g (1) |
| ruler | Ptolemy I Soter | diameter | ⌀27.0 (1) |
| 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, sometimes with tiny Δ on aegis, dotted border
reverse
Athena Promachos advancing right, brandishing spear and shield, dotted border
controlmarks
Monogram 1587
Monogram 1587
specimens (2)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
17.07g
⌀27.0
BnF (HRC)
Cite this coin
Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 50 (cpe.1_1.50), 310–319 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-50/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA