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Mnaieion - Ptolemy II Philadelphos
| Emittent | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Jahr | 282 BC - 272 BC |
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| Durchmesser | 27.5 mm |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Jugate busts of Ptolemy I Soter and his wife Berenice I facing right, both diademed and draped, rendered in a stately Hellenistic portrait style. Ptolemy I appears in the foreground with a diadem and short curling hair, while Berenice I is depicted immediately behind him, also diademed with her hair neatly arranged. The composition closely mirrors the obverse, presenting the deified royal couple as divine predecessors. The legend ΘΕΩΝ (meaning 'of the gods') arcs across the upper field. The design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Auflage | ND (282 BC - 272 BC) |
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The mnaieion — a ten-drachm gold piece — was introduced by Ptolemy II as part of a deliberate monetary policy to create a closed currency system in Egypt, forcing foreign merchants to exchange their coin at Alexandrian money-changers upon entry. This effectively turned every trade transaction into a revenue event for the crown. The denomination itself had no Greek precedent; it was engineered specifically for this extractive purpose.
The Svoronos 603 reference places this among the earliest issues of Philadelphos's reign, struck before the Ptolemaic weight standard had fully diverged from Attic norms.