Die neuen Münzbilder des Ptolemaios Soter

Abstract

While the other successor kingdoms continued Alexander's imperial coinage after his death, in Egypt, the satrapy of Ptolemy Soter, new coin images appear whose date and meaning are still disputed. Silver tetradrachms alter the obverse by giving the head of Alexander not the lion skin but an elephant hide, a fillet, the horn of Ammon and the aegis. Some pieces keep the enthroned Zeus of the reverse, others show an archaising Athena Promachos with helmet, shield and raised spear. Its intermediate position between Alexander's coinage and the later Ptolemaic coins places this series in the last quarter of the fourth century, yet the proposals range between 323 and 312. The author therefore takes the path of stylistic criticism.

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Suggested citation

Kuschel, Brigitte: Die neuen Münzbilder des Ptolemaios Soter. In: Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 11 (1961), pp. 9–18, Tf.1.

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