Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 70

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 70

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 70, 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 28.0 mm.

obverse Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 70 — obverse: Horned Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant Headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis, sometimes with tiny Δ on aegis, dotted border

reverse Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 70 — reverse: Athena Promachos advancing right, brandishing spear and shield, dotted border

mint	Alexandria	weight	15.38g (4)
ruler	Ptolemy I Soter	diameter	⌀28.0 (1)
denomination	Tetradrachm	axis	12↕ (1)
material	Silver	technique	—
country	Ptolemaic Egypt	dataset	PCO — Ptolemaic Coins Online ODC-ODbL

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 (8)

British Museum 14.42g

British Museum (Svoronos)

British Museum 15.64g

British Museum (Svoronos)

Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 70, harvard

Harvard Art Museums 15.76g

NNC (DNB) 15.69g ⌀28.0 12↕

BnF (HRC)

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 70 (cpe.1_1.70), 306–306 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-70/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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