Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Ptolemy I Soter

Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Ptolemy I Soter

Greek, Ptolemaic

Date
305-284 BCE and later
Medium
Silver
Culture
Egypt
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Obverse: Head of Ptolemy I to right, diademed and wearing aegis; partial border of dots Reverse: Eagle standing on thunderbolt to left, at left the letter P and a monogram, countermark at right

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Object type
AAT300037334

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