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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy I

253-252 BCE, reign of Ptolemy II (285–247 BCE)
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The front of this coin portrays King Ptolemy I facing right. On the back, an eagle stands on a thunderbolt facing left.

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