Tetradrachm - Ptolemy V Sidon

Features

Issuer Ptolemaic Kingdom (Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BC - 30 BC))
King Ptolemy V Epiphanes (203 BC - 181 BC)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 204 BC - 180 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachm (204 – 30 BC)
Composition Silver
Weight 13.82 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
116482
References SvoronosPt# 1294
Iōannēs N. Svorōnos, Wilhelm Maria Barth, Curt Regling; 1904. Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων = The coins of the Ptolemaic state. Tupois P. D. Sakellariou, Athens, Greece.

Obverse

Diademed, draped bust facing right; dotted border surrounding all.

Reverse

Eagle facing left, standing on thunderbolt; ΣΙ mintmark between legs, text flanking; dotted border surrounding all.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

Mint

Sidon, Phoenicia, modern-day Sidon, Lebanon

Comments

The Lagids (Ancient Greek Λαγίδαι / Lagidai) or Ptolemies were a pharaonic dynasty descended from the Macedonian general Ptolemy, son of Lagos (hence the name "Lagid"), who ruled Egypt from 323 to 30 BC.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (204 BC - 180 BC)  (fr) Sidon

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