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Hemiobol - Ptolemy I Soter Alexandria
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 294 BC - 285 BC |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Idealized head of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, wearing a mitra (royal headband) adorned with a ram's horn curving from the temple — an attribute of Zeus Ammon — amid long, wavy hair rendered in fine strands. The portrait is executed in the Hellenistic tradition, combining heroic idealization with divine iconography, the ram's horn serving as the defining symbol of Alexander's claimed divine parentage. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands left atop a thunderbolt with wings fully spread, a powerful symbol of Ptolemaic royal authority adopted from Zeus. In the left field, a crested Macedonian helmet is depicted below the 'XA' monogram, likely referencing a mint official or workshop. The reverse legend ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, reading 'of King Ptolemy', is arranged in the field, asserting Ptolemy I's royal title in bold Greek letters consistent with his assumption of the kingship after 305 BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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