Ancient Egyptian coin of Ptolemy I Soter (General of Alexander III the Great) minted in Arados
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt
Ptolemy I Soter (As satrap, 323-305 BC)
Minted in Arados, Phoenicia
AR silver Tetradrachm
Size: 26mm Weight: 17.01 grams
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre Control: AP monogram in left field.
Price 3426 (Byblos).
Ptolemy I Soter (/ˈtɒləmi/; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr, "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 369/68 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt. Ptolemy was king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 305/304 BC to his death in 282 BC and his descendants continued to rule Egypt until 30 BC. During their rule, Egypt became a thriving bastion of Hellenistic civilization and Alexandria a great seat of Greek culture.
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