Egypt
Ptolemy III, ruled 246-221 BC
AR tetradrachm 14.2232 g, 28.2 mm
Alexandria
1. 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals Danish National Museum. Part 40. Egypt: The Ptolemies. #167. Copenhagen: Munksgaard. 2. Svoronos, J. N. 1904. Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion, Meros Deuteron. Page 156 #1001 and Plate XXX #9-11. Athens: P. D. Sakellariou
Obverse
Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing an aegis.
Reverse
Eagle standing lefton thunderbolt, cornucopia to the left
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