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Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I

Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I

r. 323-285 BCE

Ptolemy I Soter

Greek

Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I, r., with aegis, dotted border. Rev.: Eagle l. on thunderbolt, two monograms in l. field

Silver

Ptolemaic period

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