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Pentekontadrachmon - Ptolemy II Philadelphus Alexandreia
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 282 BC - 272 BC |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (282 BC - 272 BC) |
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The pentekontadrachmon — a fifty-drachma piece — belongs to a category of Ptolemaic gold so large in denomination that scholars debate whether these coins ever functioned as currency at all. The prevailing view is that they were struck as prestige objects, gifts exchanged at court, or offerings at festivals such as the Ptolemaieia, which Ptolemy II established in the 270s BC to honor his deified father. Svoronos 616A is among the rarest survivals from the early Alexandreia mint under Philadelphus.