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Image of the obverse. third chryson (hemidrachm or triobol). Inventory number:RE-02062 Image of the reverse. third chryson (hemidrachm or triobol). Inventory number:RE-02062

third chryson (hemidrachm or triobol)

Inventory number:RE-02062

Tags:

Group
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Current country
Egypte
Status or function
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Political unit
Greek states
Political state
Ptolemaic kingdom, Aegyptus
Authority
Ptolemy I Soter, king (305-285 BC)
Dating
305-285 BC
Production site
Alexandria (Iskindereyyah)
Mint master
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Designer
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Countermark
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Serie
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Serial number
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Catalogues
SNG Cop. 46 – BMC 20 nos. 53-54 (comp.) – Svoronos, 232
Subject
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Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
10
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
gold
Mass (gr)
1,744

Obverse

Image

head of Ptolemy I right, wearing diadem and aegis

Text

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Reverse

Image

eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open; in front, XA -monogram

Text

ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑIΟΥ ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ / ΧΑ

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