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Tetradrachm - Ptolemy I Soter In the name of Alexander III; Memphis
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BC - 30 BC)) |
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| Year | 316 BC - 315 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed portrait of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, adorned with the ram's horns of Ammon and surmounted by an elephant-scalp headdress, the trunk curving prominently across the top of the design. The idealized effigy displays finely rendered curling hair beneath the headdress, with strong facial features executed in the Hellenistic portrait tradition. The field is plain, and the coin is bordered by a beaded dotted border. No legend appears on the obverse, the imagery alone serving as the royal and divine identification. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left upon a throne with footrest, his extended right hand presenting an eagle with spread wings and his left hand resting upon a tall scepter. A thunderbolt is depicted in the left field, and the mint control mark ΡΥ appears below the throne. The royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs in two lines flanking the enthroned deity, identifying the issue as struck in the name of Alexander III. The composition is rendered in the characteristic Ptolemaic style, closely derived from the standard Alexandrine tetradrachm type. |
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| Mint | Memphis, Greek Egypt, modern-day Mit-Rahineh, Egypt |
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