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munten (285-246 BC)

Image of the obverse. tetradrachm. Inventory number:GR-08723 Image of the reverse. tetradrachm. Inventory number:GR-08723

tetradrachm

Inventory number:GR-08723

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
Sidon (Saïda)
Mint master
-
Designer
-
Countermark
PU (= Byzantium) (obverse)
Serie
-
Serial number
-
Catalogues
SNG Cop. 506-507 (comp.) – BMC 27 no. 32 (type) – Svoronos, 713 (comp.)
Subject
-

Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
24
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
silver
Mass (gr)
13.53

Obverse

Image

head of Ptolemy I right, wearing diadem and aegis

Text

-

Reverse

Image

eagle standing left on thunderbolt; on left, letters, on right, uncertain letter

Text

ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑIΟΥ [ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ] / ΣI

See also

munten (244-246)

Description
sestertius Inventory number: 1951-0229
Classification
wettig betaalmiddel
Political state
Romeins Keizerrijk
Authority
Philippus I (244-249), Philippus II Caesar (244-246)
Image of the obverse. munten (244-246)

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