Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 59, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Alexandria, 306–306 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 15.5 g, diameter 30.0 mm.
| mint | Alexandria | weight | 15.50g (7) |
| ruler | Ptolemy I Soter | diameter | ⌀30.0 (1) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 11↕ (2) |
| 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 1603
Monogram 1636
Monogram 1587
Monogram 1603
Monogram 1636
specimens (15)
Harvard Art Museums
15.69g
10↕
British Museum
15.56g
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum
15.71g
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum
15.58g
British Museum (Svoronos)
Fralin Museum of Art
British Museum
15.70g
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum
15.66g
British Museum (Svoronos)
NNC (DNB)
14.63g
⌀30.0
12↕
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
Cite this coin
Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 59 (cpe.1_1.59), 306–306 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-59/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA