Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6565629
Area
Coins
Title
Greco-Egypt AE17 (Ptolemy I, as Satrap of Alexander the Great) 316-306 BCE
Face value
Year
-310
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Series
Material
Weight
4.2
Diameter
17
Thickness
Shape
Obverse
( eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open )
Reverse
PTOLEMAIOY
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Svoronos 80 var.
Details
Obv; Bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane. Rev; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, wreath at lower-left Ptolemy was Alexander III's General & Satrap Ruler of Egypt, 323-305 BCE, and after Alexander's death as King of Egypt, 305-283 BCE