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Tetradrachm - Ptolemy I Soter Alexandria
| Uitgever | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 294 BC - 282 BC |
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| Gewicht | 14.3 g |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Eagle with closed wings standing left upon a thunderbolt, rendered with sharp feather detail and characteristic Ptolemaic heraldic authority. The bird's head is turned slightly downward, talons gripping the thunderbolt firmly, which is depicted horizontally beneath its feet. In the left field, a control letter is visible. The Greek royal legend is distributed around the field, with ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ to the left and ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to the right, meaning 'of King Ptolemy.' The composition is bold and symmetrical, befitting the prestige denomination of the Ptolemaic monetary system. |
| Schrift keerzijde | Greek |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Ptolemy I spent decades carefully constructing a divine persona for Alexander the Great — and then, just as deliberately, dismantled it in favor of his own. The shift to a coinage bearing his own portrait rather than Alexander's was a calculated political act, one of the first times a living Macedonian ruler placed himself on his own coins. This issue dates to the final decade of his reign, after he had already abdicated in favor of his son Ptolemy II in 285 BC, yet retained the title Soter awarded to him by the Rhodians for his relief of their siege in 304 BC.
The Alexandrian mint controlled output tightly; the die references in Svoronos remain the primary tool for sequencing these late issues.