Egypt

Regions

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9727

Die Studies

• Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, 10th trichrysa (294-282 BCE)
• Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, staters (Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) (305-294 BCE)
• Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, trichrysa (300-285 BCE)
• Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, pentekontadrachma (jugate busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe/jugate busts of Ptolemy I and Berenice) (272-260 BCE)
• Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, trichrysa (274-272 BCE)
• Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, mnaieia (Ptolemy III/cornucopia) (219-217 BCE)
• Alexandria (Ptolemy VI and VIII), gold, mnaieia (Arsinoe/cornucopiae) (180-116 BCE)
• Alexandria, gold, mnaieia (jugate busts of Ptolemy VI and Arsinoe/jugates busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike) (180-145 BCE)
• Egypt (uncertain mint) (Sabakes), silver, tetradrachms (333-332 BCE)
• H 313 - Alexandria (Ptolemy III-Arsinoe), silver, decadrachms (246-221 BCE)
• RQEM ad. 663 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion, 204-81 BC
• S 107 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC
• S 108 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC
• S 654 - Uncertain mint, gold, mnaieion
• S 667 - Alexandria, gold, pentadrachm
• S 668 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (205-195 BCE)
• S 669 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, octodrachms (205-195 BCE)
• S 670 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 165-154 BC
• S 671 - Alexandria, silver, didrachm, 165-154 BC
• S 673 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 155-145 BC
• S 674 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 146-116 BC
• S 675 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 117-107 BC
• S 676 - Alexandria, silver, didrachm, 116-114 BC
• S 677 - Alexandria (Ptolemy X and Cleopatra III), silver, hemidrachms (116-115 BCE)
• S 678 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 107-101 BC
• S 679 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 102-88 BC
• S 680 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (89-81 BCE)
• S 929 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, eighth mnaieia (272-260 BCE)
• S 991 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms (219-215 BCE)
• S 1574 - Memphis (Nectanebo II), gold, darics (360-342 BCE)
• S 2042 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (199-198 BCE)
• S 2043 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (thunderbolt) (199-198 BCE)
• S 2044 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), gold, mnaieia (199-198 BCE)
• S 2061 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, mnaieia (272-260 BCE)
• S 2063 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, quarter mnaieia (272-260 BCE)
• S 2064 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, mnaieia (261-245 BCE)

Overstriking coins

• 2912 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 143)
• 2924 - Alexandria (Cleopatra and Antony) (denarius Cleopatra/Antony) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 613)
• 2949 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 936)
• 2963 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 108) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 456, Nov. 2019, 213)
• 2976 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 67) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5314)
• 2998 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, NY Auction, Jan. 2016, 30137)
• 3038 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 79) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Hess-Divo, 317, Oct. 2010, 363)
• 3090 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Heritage, Signature Sale 3061, Jan. 2018, 29267)
• 3151 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Dorotheum, Nov. 2013, 82)
• 3177 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Helios, 4, Oct. 2009, 62)
• 3209 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 58, Sept. 2001, 737)
• 3235 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75560)
• 3277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over uncertain type (Triton, X, Jan. 2007, 414)
• 3278 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Ebay, seller Autorarities, Aug. 2015, 2015BK13)
• 3281 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 105, Nov. 1998, 293)
• 3298 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5328)
• 3299 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over uncertain type (CNG, 87, May 2011, 690)
• 3396 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75634)
• 3440 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 314, May 2009, 1253)
• 3467 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 383)
• 3489 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Elsen, 86, Dec. 2005, 146)
• 3507 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75608)
• 3617 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Pegasi Numismatics, 35, Oct. 2016, 220)
• 3661 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75562)
• 3680 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Heritage, 3035, Sept. 2014, 29120)
• 3684 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75624)
• 3690 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio, 160, June 2011, 6046)
• 3727 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Auctiones, 29, June 2003, 782)
• 3731 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 384)
• 3771 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B31) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 178, Dec. 2007, 26)
• 3783 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Auctiones, EA 13, Febr. 2013, 35)
• 3806 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (CNG, 103, Dec. 2016, 395)
• 3809 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Schulman, 231, March 1958, 3700a)
• 3810 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Aradus (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5315)
• 3866 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75586)
• 22855 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B23) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 550, Nov. 2023, 274)
• 24158 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, VII, Jan. 2004, 372)
• 24218 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 269, March 2020, 673)
• 24245 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75559)
• 24248 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5305)
• 24270 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B23) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 553, Jan. 2024, 177)
• 24273 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 27, Sept. 2023, 878)
• 24277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV or V) (AE 32mm Heracles/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45)
• 24280 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 73) over uncertain type (Malter, XXXII, Nov. 1985, 177)
• 24283 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 476, Sept. 2020, 171)
• 24288 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 77) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 11, Feb. 2020, 1108)
• 27276 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, XXVI, Jan. 2023, 424)
• 27389 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 218, Feb. 2022, 107)

Overstruck coins

• 2849 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.10)
• 2855 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, MBS 68, May 2008, 965)
• 2856 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 243, Oct. 2010, 167)
• 2869 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.15)
• 2884 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 81)
• 2957 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 268, Nov. 2011, 147)
• 3043 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Ebay Holyland Ancient Coins Corporation, 2020)
• 3104 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.5)
• 3105 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 86)
• 3208 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 187, Apr. 2008, 48)
• 3233 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, MBS 76, Sept. 2007, 825)
• 3336 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 78)
• 3366 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 6, Feb. 2014, 230)
• 3442 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 79)
• 3491 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Dubai, Zurquieh, Ebay, April 2017)
• 3533 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Ebay seller Zuqieh, 5 Nov. 2017)
• 3545 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.6)
• 3552 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Holy Land Auction, EA 5, April 2016, 16)
• 3595 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 265, oct. 2011, 214)
• 3622 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.4)
• 3640 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 84)
• 3686 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 192, July 2008, 99)
• 3719 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.9)
• 3865 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 80)
• 24376 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 117, Feb. 2024, 429)
• 24401 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 117, Feb. 2024, 429)
• 24461 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 113, Sept. 2023, 359)
• 24466 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 113, Sept. 2023, 360)
• 25016 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 119, Apr. 2024, 856)
• SO 957 - Uncertain mint in Egypt? over Alexandria
• SO 970 - Rome over uncertain mint

Mints

Map

Table

Mint	RegionAncient region.	CountryModern country	CoordinatesGeographical coorindates
Alexandria	Egypt	Egypt	31.201435° N, 29.909773° E
Egypt (uncertain mint)	Egypt	Egypt	30.900000° N, 31.116667° E
Memphis	Egypt	Egypt	30.062630° N, 31.249670° E

Literature

• Babelon 1924
• Babelon 1936
• Callataÿ 2005
• Carlen - Lorber 2019
• Carlen 2019
• CPE I
• Faucher - Fischer-Bossert - Dhennin 2012
• Faucher - Shahin 2006
• Hendin 1993
• Levy 1954
• Lorber - Faucher 2010
• Olivier - Lorber 2013
• Olivier 2012
• Olivier 2024
• Price - Waggoner 1975
• Roche-Lévêque 2023
• Roche-Lévêque 2024
• Svoronos 1904-1908
• Troxell 1983
• Van Driessche 1987
• Visona 1981
• Weiser 1995
• Zervos 1967

Authors

• Eric Carlen
• Sylvian Dhennin
• Thomas Faucher
• Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert
• Thomas Landvatter
• Catharine C. Lorber
• Joseph Grafton Milne
• Julien Olivier
• Augustin Roche-Lévêque
• Mona Shahin
• Hyla A. Troxell
• Véronique Van Driessche
• Orestes H. Zervos