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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 76

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 76, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Uncertain 1 pco, 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.
mint Uncertain 1 pco weight 15.54g (2)
ruler Ptolemy I Soter diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Tetradrachm axis ↕ (0)
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 (4)
British Museum 15.49g
British Museum (Svoronos)
British Museum 15.58g
British Museum (Svoronos)

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 76 (cpe.1_1.76), 306–306 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-76/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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