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Ancient Coinage of Egypt, Ptolemy I


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Ptolemy I Soter, General of Alexander the Great, Ruler of Egypt as Satrap, 323-305 BC, and as King, 305-283 BC

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AE15Ptolemy I Æ15. Cyprus Mint, Head of Alexander the Great right, in horn of Ammon. / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, Eagle standing left, wings open, HP monogram before. TextObvRev
BMC 26Ptolemy I as Satrap AR Tetradrachm. Head of Alexander the Great with Elephant skin / Athena advancing right with raised spear & shield, eagle at feet, helmet in field. TextImage
BMC 4Egypt, Ptolemy I, AE16 of Cyrene Mint. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair long. / PiTOLEMAIOY BASIL. Eagle standing left, wings open, sylphium plant and shield before. TextObvRev
SG7762vPtolemy I Tetradrachm. Signed by the artist D, attributed to Alexandria by Svoronos, to Kition here. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, with aegis at neck, small >D behind ear / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, ST, KI & AX monograms before. TextObvRev
SNGCop 18vEgypt, Ptolemy I as satrap, AR tetradrachm. Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, aegis and elephant skin, D hidden in ornamentation at base of aegis./ ALEXANDPOY Athena Alkidemos standing right with spear & shield, PA, AI and D monograms at sides, eagle before. TextObvRev
SNGCop 25PTOLEMY I, Ar Tetrdrachm. TextImage
SNGCop 29Ptolemy I. Tetradrachm. TextImage
Svoronos 22Ptolemy I, as Satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Memphis, ca 315 BC. Head of deified Alexander right with horn of Ammon, in elephant headdress & aegis / ALEXANDPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right hand & resting left on scepter, thunderbolt in left field, HDI monogram under throne. SNG Cop 11. TextObvRev
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Svoronos 42Ptolemy I, as Satrap. AR Attic Tetradrachm. Circa 314-310 BC. Head of Alexander, in elephant headdress; small Æ before elephant’s ear / Athena Alkidemos walking right, with spear & shield; EY & eagle in field. SNG Cop 15. TextImage
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Svoronos 43Ptolemy I, as Satrap, AR Drachm. Alexandria, ca. 310 BC. Head of deified Alexander right with horn of Ammon, in mitra around forehead & elephant headdress terminating in aegis tied round neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear & shield, eagle on thunderbolt above EY in right field. TextImage
Svoronos 74Ptolemy I Æ 20mm Hemiobol. Paphos mint. Struck 310-306 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, in ornamented stephane & earring / PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt. TextImage
Svoronos 78
Sear #7755
Ptolemy I Æ 21mm. Cyprus mint, struck circa 310-305 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, in stephane / PTOLEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; wreath to left. BMC 56, SNG Cop 642, Svoronos 78. TextImage
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Sear #7756
Ptolemy I AE11. Cyprus Mint. Head of Aphrodite right, in tainia ornamented with leaves / PTOLE, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. BMC 59, Svoronos 80. TextObvRev
Svoronos 107Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria mint, struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310-305 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, in elephant's skin / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; monogram and eagle to right. SNG Copenhagen 25. TextImage
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Svoronos 108Egypt, Ptolemy I, as Satrap. 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-305 BC. Head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / Athena TextImage
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Svoronos 110Egypt. Ptolemy I (as Satrap). 323-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Alexander the Great in elephant skin headdress / ALEXANDROY, Athena advancing right with sheild and spear. SNG Cop 18var. TextImage
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Svoronos 124Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrach. Struck ~310-305 BC. Uncertain Cypriot mint, perhaps Kition. Head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos walking right. TextImage
Svoronos 126Ptolemy I Soter AV Stater. Kyrene mint, struck circa 300-298 BC. Diademed bust right, in aegis / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, deified Alexander the Great, holding thunderbolt & scepter, in elephant quadriga left; two monograms in exergue. TextImage
Svoronos 142Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria mint, struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310-305 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, in elephant's skin headdress / ALEXANDROU, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, holding shield on left arm; monogram in circle to inner left, DI monogram and eagle on thunderbolt right. BMC 24, SNGCop 21. TextImage
Svoronos 146Ptolemy I as Satrap AR Tetradrachm. Struck c310-305 BC. Head of Alexander, in elephant headdress; small Æ before elephant’s ear / ALEXANDPOY, Athena Alkidemos walking right with spear & shield; monogram to left, monograms & eagle in right field. SNG Cop 18. TextImage
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Svoronos 153Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria mint, struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310-305 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, in elephant's skin / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; monogram and bee to left, eagle to right. BMC Ptolemies 45. TextImage
Svoronos 162Ptolemy I Soter, as King, AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria mint, struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, ca 301 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, in elephant skin headdress / ALEXANDROU, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, holding shield on left arm; helmet, AX monogram & eagle to right. SNG Cop 29. TextObvRev
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Svoronos 165Egypt,Ptolemy I AR Tetradrachm. Struck c310-305 BC. Alexander right in elephant skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos walking right with spear & shield; monogram, helmet and eagle in right field. TextImage
Svoronos 168Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Obverse die signed by the artist D. Alexandria mint, struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310-305 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, in elephant's skin headdress; small D to right of elephant's ear / ALEXANDROU, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, holding shield on left arm; helmet, monogram, and eagle on thunderbolt to right. BMC 27, SNGCop 19. TextImage
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Svoronos 177Ptolemy I, as Satrap, AR Tetradrachm. ca 310-305 BC. Head of Alexander right, in elephant's skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos walking right, with spear & shield; QE monogram left, ÐI, helmet & eagle in right field. TextObvRev
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Svoronos 182Ptolemy I AV Triobol. Alexandria, ca. 295–282 BC. Diademed head right, with aegis tied round neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, A in left field. TextImage
Svoronos 204
Sear #7757
Ptolemy I AV Pentadrachm. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, delta behind ear / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, PAM monogram to left. Svoronos 204. TextObvRev
Svoronos 210Ptolemy I AV Pentadrachm. Struck 305-283 BC. Diademed bust of Ptolemy right, D behind ear / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, PAP monogram to left. TextImage
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Svoronos 248Ptolemy I AR Tetradrachm. c305-283 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, in aegis; tiny D behind ear / Eagle on thunderbolt; P & (A-P) monogram. SNG Cop 68. TextImage
Svoronos 253Ptolemy I AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 305-283 BC. Diademed bust of Ptolemy right, in aegis / Eagle on thunderbolt; P & monogram in left field. TextImage
Svoronos 255
Sear #7762
Ptolemy I AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, with aegis at neck, small D behind ear. / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, P / PAP in field to left. SNGCop 70-71, Svoronos 255. TextImage
Svoronos 256Ptolemy I. 305-285 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.71 gm). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. TextImage
Svoronos 259Ptolemy I AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria. Head of Ptolemy right wearing a fillet / eagle standing left on a thunderbolt, P & monogram before. TextImage
Svoronos 263Ptolemy I AR Tetradrachm. Diademed head right, in aegis; tiny D behind ear / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; P above F in left field. TextImage
Svoronos 265Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm. 305-285 BC. Obverse die signed by the artist D. Alexandria mint. Diademed bust right, in aegis; small D behind ear / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; P above monogram to right. BMC 9, SNGCop 73. TextImage
Zervos_13Ptolemy I, as satrap, tetradrachm. Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, aegis and elephant skin, D hidden in ornamentation at base of aegis / ALEXANDPOU, Athena Alkidemos standing right, brandishing spear & shield. TextObvRev
Zervos_15Egypt, Ptolemy I as Satrap, AR Attic-standard Tetradrachm. ca 320 BC, Memphis or Cyprus. Head of Alexander the Great right, in horn of Ammon, aegis & elephant skin / ALEXANDROU, Zeus enthroned left holding eagle on outstretched arm, thunderbolt at left, PY below throne. TextObvRev
satrap_4drPtolemy I as Satrap, AR Rhodian standard weight tetradrachm c310-305 BC. Head of Alexander with horn of Ammon, aegis & elephant skin, D at base of aegis / ALEXANDPOY, Athena Alkidemos standing right with spear & shield, RA, AI and D monograms at sides, eagle before. TextObvRev
satrap_drachmPtolemy I as Satrap drachm. c310-305 BC. Head of Alexander the Great right with horn of Ammon, aegis & elephant skin, D at base of aegis / ALEXANDPOY, Athena Alkidemos right with spear & shield, DI monogram below, eagle before. TextObvRev
Sear #7755Ptolemy I Æ 21mm. Cyprus mint, struck circa 310-305 BC. Head of Aphrodite right, in stephane / PTOLEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; wreath to left. BMC 56, SNG Cop 642, Svoronos 78.
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Sear #7756Ptolemy I AE11. Cyprus Mint. Head of Aphrodite right, in tainia ornamented with leaves / PTOLE, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. BMC 59, Svoronos 80. TextObvRev
Sear #7757Ptolemy I AV Pentadrachm. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, delta behind ear / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, PAM monogram to left. Svoronos 204.
( 2 entries)
Sear #7759Ptolemy I Gold Hemidrachm. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, as Zeus, in aegis at base of neck, small delta behind ear. / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS eagle standing left, wings open, on thunderbolt, A or L before. BMC 80-81, Svoronos 182; TextObvRev
Sear #7761Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt AR Tetradrachm, signed by the artist D. 323-283 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, with aegis at neck, small D behind ear / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt.
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Sear #7762Ptolemy I AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, with aegis at neck, small D behind ear. / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, P / PAP in field to left. SNGCop 70-71, Svoronos 255.
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Sear #7763Ptolemy I AE29. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left, on a thunderbolt, wings back, monograms before.
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Sear #7765Egypt, Ptolemy I AE23 Hemiobol. Deified head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin headdress. / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt.
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Sear #7766Ptolemy I Æ 1/4 obol. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, hair long / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left, wings open, symbols before. TextObvRev
Sear #7767Ptolemy I Æ 1/8 Obol. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, hair long / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left, wings open, symbols before. TextObvRev
See also: The Lawrence University Buerger Collection: Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Ptolemy I Soter
Search for Egypt, Ptolemy I at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Egypt, Ptolemy I on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Ptolemy I in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Ptolemy I at AncientImports.com
Search for Ptolemy I at Incitatus Coins

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