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A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Ptolemy I Soter

305-284 BCE and later

Greek, Ptolemaic

Egypt

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

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium