| Users |
22,011 |
| Photos |
3,372 |
| Comments |
355 |
| Views |
15,497,354 |
| Disk Space |
345.3mb |
|
| Sun | Mon |
Tue | Wed |
Thu | Fri |
Sat | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | | 28 | 29 | 30 | | | | |
|
|
|
|
« Previous image
Egypt - Ptolemy II, Philadelphos
Click on image to view larger image
« Previous image
Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
Posts: 2,362
|
Tetradrachm of Tyre in Phoenicia. 285-246 B.C. The Ptolemys were the designated rulers of the Egyptian territories conquered and proclaimed by Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Diademed head of Ptolemy I (Soter), friend of Alexander since boyhood. Rx: Eagle standing on thunderbolt 'l' in field; TYP monogram above club; and in the r. field the regnal date 'KE' in monogram form. This regnal year equates to 261/260 B.C. VF+ on good silver. Sear 7773, Svoronos 650, BMC 6.31,78.
For a Great article on Alexander the Great and Ptolemy Soter click the link below. It features a story about the discovery of the only known living portrait coin that shows the image of Alexander the Great (not Herakles). It's a MUST read!
Articles to VIEW and DOWNLOAD:
An excellent article that features a story about the discovery of the only known living portrait coin that shows the image of lifetime portrait of Alexander the Great (not Herakles)is linked below. It's a MUST read!
Ptolemy's Egypt & Alexander's Portrait - Holt: [ link ]
Here's a very informative & illustrated paper on "The Spread of Coins in the Hellenistic World" by A. Meadows: [ link ]
Hellenistic Coin Portraiture - Sheedy: [ link ]
|
| · Date: December 31, 2005 · Views: 12,901 · Filesize: 46.7kb, 466.3kb · Dimensions: 900 x 490 ·
|
|
Keywords: Egypt Ptolemy
|
|
|
|
|
