1 Tetradrachm, Egypt, 305-283 B.C.E.
date: label: Date made
content: 1966
label: Date made
content: 305-283 BC
label: date made
content: 305 - 283 BC
notes: label: Description
content: The silver tetradrachma, or four drachma piece, was a common coin in the ancient Greek world. Used by traders, it circulated widely in the Mediterranean region during the last five centuries B.C.E. This piece was minted between 305 and 283 B.C.E., during the reign in Egypt of Ptolemy I. The inscription reads ГTOΛEMAIOV BA∑IΛEΩ∑, which transcribes as “Gtolemaion Basileus” – Ptolemy King.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Egypt
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.01994
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.4 mm; x 1 1/16 in