Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, King Ptolemy II, AR Tetradrachm

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
• Authority: King Ptolemy II
• Date: 274 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) tetradrachm (or stater)
• Mint: Sidon
• Size: 27mm, 12.71g
• Type Number: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part 1, no. 505b
• Obverse: Diademed Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, sometimes with tiny Δ or K behind ear, dotted border
• Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ r. - Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, dotted border
• Notes: The Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals, after Alexander's death in 323 BCE. As a significant Hellenistic kingdom based in Alexandria, it became a center of culture and learning, famously housing the Great Library, and melded Egyptian traditions with Greek practices and language.

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