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A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy I

253-252 BCE, reign of Ptolemy II (285–247 BCE)

Greek, Ptolemaic

Tyre

The front of this coin portrays King Ptolemy I facing right.

On the back, an eagle stands on a thunderbolt facing left.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium