Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 89

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 89

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 89, Tetradrachm, Silver, struck at Uncertain 3 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 15.6 g, diameter 28.4 mm.

obverse Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 89 — 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. 89 — reverse: Athena Promachos advancing right, brandishing spear and shield, dotted border

mint	Uncertain 3 pco	weight	15.58g (10)
ruler	Ptolemy I Soter	diameter	⌀28.4 (5)
denomination	Tetradrachm	axis	12↕ (2)
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

controlmarks

Monogram 1659

specimens (21)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 15.65g ⌀30.0

British Museum 15.69g

British Museum (Svoronos)

Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 89, obverse, bm

Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 89, reverse, bm

British Museum 15.68g

British Museum (Svoronos)

British Museum 15.54g

British Museum (Svoronos)

British Museum 15.59g

British Museum (Svoronos)

BnF (HRC)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 15.68g ⌀28.0

BnF (HRC)

NNC (DNB) 15.67g ⌀27.0 12↕

BnF (HRC)

NNC (DNB) 15.54g ⌀29.0 12↕

British Museum (Svoronos)

British Museum 15.05g

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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 89 (cpe.1_1.89), 306–306 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-1-no-89/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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