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A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy

367-284 BCE

Greek, Ptolemaic

Ancient Greece

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Ptolemy facing right. The back (reverse) depicts an eagle, wings folded.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium