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munten (285-246 BC)

Image of the obverse. tetradrachm. Inventory number:GR-08719 Image of the reverse. tetradrachm. Inventory number:GR-08719

tetradrachm

Inventory number:GR-08719

Tags:

munten wettig betaalmiddel
Group
-
Current country
Lebanon
Status or function
-
Political unit
Greek states
Political state
Ptolemaic kingdom, Phoenicia
Authority
Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC)
Dating
285-246 BC
Production site
Tyrus (Tyre, Ṣūr)
Mint master
-
Designer
-
Countermark
punch marks (obverse 1x / reverse (2x)
Serie
-
Serial number
-
Catalogues
SNG Cop. 483 – BMC 27 no. 37 – Svoronos, 644
Subject
-

Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
26
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
silver
Mass (gr)
14.11

Obverse

Image

head of Ptolemy I right, wearing diadem and aegis

Text

-

Reverse

Image

eagle standing left on thunderbolt; on left. monogram over club

Text

ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑIΟΥ ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ / ΤΥΠ - monogram

See also

munten (253-252 BC)

Description
tetradrachm Inventory number: GR-08725
Classification
wettig betaalmiddel
Political state
Ptolemaic kingdom, Philistia (Palestine)
Authority
Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC)
Image of the obverse. munten (253-252 BC)

munten (285-246 BC)

Description
tetradrachm Inventory number: GR-08723
Classification
wettig betaalmiddel
Political state
Ptolemaic kingdom, Phoenicia
Authority
Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC)
Image of the obverse. munten (285-246 BC)

munten (285-246 BC)

Description
tetradrachm Inventory number: GR-08716
Classification
wettig betaalmiddel
Political state
Ptolemaic kingdom, Phoenicia
Authority
Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC)
Image of the obverse. munten (285-246 BC)

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