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Tetradrachm of Ptolemy II, Sidon

Tetradrachm of Ptolemy II, Sidon

r. 283-246 BCE

Ptolemy II Philadelphos

Greek

Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I r. with aegis; dotted border. Rev. Eagle l. on fulmen; dotted border; two monograms in l. field, one monogram in r. field.

Silver

Hellenistic period

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