| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 312 BC - 311 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Attic drachm (circa 323 – 306 BC) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.1 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Lorber 1.1#40, PCO#cpe.1_1.40, SvoronosPt#33, SNG Copenhagen#14 |
| Obverse description | Head of the deified King Alexander III facing right, wearing elephant headdress, scaly aegis around neck, and horn of Ammon at temples. |
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| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | |
| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with right hand raising shield over extended left arm. Eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt, facing right. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΔΙ (Translation: Alexander) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (312 BC - 311 BC) - - ND (312 BC - 311 BC) - tiny Δ or Κ on aegis - |
| Numisquare ID | 5867700010 |
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