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Stater - Ptolemy I Soter Cyrene
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 299 BC - 294 BC |
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| Value | Gold Stater (24) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed effigy of Ptolemy I Soter in right-facing profile, the hair rendered in flowing, wavy locks secured by a royal diadem. The neck is adorned with an aegis bearing fine beaded edging and a serpent at the lower terminal, rendered in the refined Hellenistic portraiture style characteristic of the Cyrene mint. The portrait is distinguished by strong, idealized facial features and an authoritative bearing befitting a divine ruler. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The deified Alexander the Great depicted standing to the left in full military attire, holding a thunderbolt in his extended right hand and grasping both the reins and a Macedonian shield in his left. He rides in an elephant-drawn quadriga advancing to the left, the four elephants rendered in profile conveying regal momentum. The legend ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ appears in the field, and the ΙΠΠΟΚΡ monogram is placed in the exergue below the ground line. |
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