Coin: 15022

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Coin
Numismatic Collection
Antioch
Issue
9217

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    Notes
    This coin is at the Hatay Archaeology Museum in Hatay Province, Turkey.
    Object Type
    coin
    Denomination
    tetradrachm/silver stater
    Metal
    Silver
    Region
    Ptolemaic Empire
    State
    Egypt
    City
    Alexandria
    Ruler
    Ptolemy I Soter (-323 to -282)
    Date
    -285 to -282
    Obverse Figure Description
    Ptolemy I, bust, right, diademed
    Obverse Attributes
    Reverse Figure Description
    Eagle, standing, with closed wings on thunderbolt
    Reverse Legend
    ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
    Reverse Attributes
    border, dotted
    Citations
    Lorber, Catharine Lorber, Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire, 2018 I, v.I 175
    References
    Lorber

    Coin Description

    Accession
    Accession number: 179, 1939-01-01, Gift of: Antioch Excavation
    Find Place
    Antioch, Syria
    Find Number
    Cc599
    Find Date
    1939
    Find Locus
    S-19-S
    Find Feature
    South corridor
    Find Description
    Under mosaic, on bedrock along south wall
    Shape
    Round
    Citations
    Waage, Dorothy B. Waage, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Crusaders' Coins, 1952 964
    References
    Waage
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