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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 306 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Heroic portrait bust of the deified Alexander III facing right, his head enveloped in an elephant-scalp headdress — a reference to his Indian conquests — with the distinctive mitra of Dionysos visible beneath. A scaly aegis encircles his neck, evoking divine protection, while a ram's horn of Ammon curls at his temple, aligning him with the Ammonite deity and asserting his divine parentage. The portrait is rendered in bold, high-relief Hellenistic style characteristic of early Ptolemaic coinage, capturing both the heroic idealism and the syncretic theological claims of the Ptolemaic dynasty. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (-306) - - ND (-306) - tiny Δ on aegis - |
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