Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B206, Tritartemorion, Bronze, struck at Alexandria, 266–261 BC. Obverse: horned head of deified alexander right in elephant headdress, dotted border. Reverse: eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border. Weight about 6.6 g, diameter 20.7 mm.
| mint | Alexandria | weight | 6.58g (3) |
| ruler | Ptolemy II Philadelphus | diameter | ⌀20.7 (3) |
| denomination | Tritartemorion | axis | 8↕ (3) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Ptolemaic Egypt | dataset |
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obverse
Horned Head of deified Alexander right in elephant Headdress, dotted border
reverse
Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border
specimens (17)
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CEALEX
5.41g
⌀21.0
12↕
CEALEX
7.68g
⌀21.0
12↕
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KENOM — Koeln Classics
6.66g
⌀20.0
1↕
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Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B206 (cpe.1_2.B206), 266–261 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/coins-of-the-ptolemaic-empire-vol-i-part-ii-no-b206/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA