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Silver coin with the profile of a king wearing a diadem.

INV. 021 · Coin

Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I

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Silver coin with the head of Ptolemy I and, on the reverse, an eagle on a thunderbolt. According to Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman, coins minted by the Jerusalem authorities between 300 and 250 BCE also bore the portrait of Ptolemy I. This piece, however, was minted in Alexandria.

Type
Coin
Nature
Ancient objectThe object itself dates from the period indicated.
Date of the object
c. 305 to 283 BCEItem record on Wikimedia Commons (Alexandria mint, silver).
Institution
Coleção da Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU AS 01)
Image
ArchaiOptix
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
Origin
Wikimedia Commons: Egypt - king Ptolemaios I - 305-283 BC - silver tetradrachm - head of Ptolemaios I - eagle on thunderbolt - Erlangen FAU AS 01.jpg ↗
Retrieved
Commons API, 2026-10-14

Sourced historical context

Coins minted by the Jerusalem authorities between 300 and 250 BCE bear the image of Ptolemy I and his wife Berenice, a sign that Jerusalem itself was tightly linked to Ptolemaic rule.

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