Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 69, 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 15.4 g, diameter 29.4 mm.
| mint | Alexandria | weight | 15.39g (9) |
| ruler | Ptolemy I Soter | diameter | ⌀29.4 (2) |
| denomination | Tetradrachm | axis | 12↕ (3) |
| 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
specimens (20)
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum
15.19g
British Museum
13.59g
British Museum (Svoronos)
KENOM
15.68g
⌀29.8
12↕
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum
15.61g
British Museum
15.64g
British Museum (Svoronos)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
British Museum
15.66g
British Museum (Svoronos)
Harvard Art Museums
15.64g
11↕
British Museum
15.66g
British Museum (Svoronos)
KENOM — Muenster
15.82g
⌀29.0
12↕
BnF (HRC)
BnF (HRC)
Cite this coin
Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 69 (cpe.1_1.69), 306–306 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-69/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA