Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)

Mints

Ptolemy I Soter I (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaĩos Sōtḗr, i.e. Ptolemy (pronounced /ˈtɒləmi/) the Savior), also known as Ptolemy Lagides,[1] c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt (323 BC – 283 BC) and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty. In 305/4 BC he took the title of pharaoh.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Cyrene (Ptolemy I), gold, staters (Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) (305-294 BCE)	Gold	5,921 kg
Euhesperides (Ptolemy I), gold, staters (Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) (305-294 BCE)	Gold	1,392 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, staters (Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) (305-294 BCE)	Gold	25,645 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, trichrysa (300-285 BCE)	Gold	154,224 kg
Cyprus (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy I-II), gold, trichrysa (294-274 BCE)	Gold	72,078 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, 10th trichrysa (294-282 BCE)	Gold	16,513 kg
Sidon (Ptolemy II), gold, trichrysa (275-274 BCE)	Gold	55,264 kg
Tyre (Ptolemy II), gold, trichrysa (275-274 BCE)	Gold	74,863 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, trichrysa (274-272 BCE)	Gold	63,903 kg
Tyre (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms ΣΩ (portrait of Ptolemy IV) (217-215 BCE)	Silver	282 kg
Tyre (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms ΣΩ (portrait of Ptolemy I) (217-215 BCE)	Silver	558 kg
S 668 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (205-195 BCE)	Silver	40,397 kg
S 648 - Uncertain mint, silver, tetradrachm	Silver	1,196 kg
S 650 - Uncertain mint (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (203-200 BCE)	Silver	2,129 kg
S 652 - Ptolemais-Ake? (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (201-199 BCE)	Silver	719 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (195-180 BCE)	Silver	2,569 kg
S 618 - Citium (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (191-181 BCE) Olivier	Silver	1,571 kg
S 117 - Aradus (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-145 BCE) Mørkholm	Silver	16,880 kg
S 74 - Aradus (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-145 BCE) Duyrat	Silver	16,644 kg
S 619 - Citium (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-169 BCE)	Silver	1,765 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-169 BCE)	Silver	1,802 kg
S 118 - Aradus (Ptolemy VI), silver, didrachms (180-145 BCE) Mørkholm	Silver	6,237 kg
S 75 - Aradus (Ptolemy VI), silver, didrachms (180-145 BCE) Duyrat	Silver	6,427 kg
S 620 - Citium (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (170-163 BCE)	Silver	6,588 kg
S 627 - Paphos (Ptolemy VI-VIII), silver, tetradrachms (169-163 BCE)	Silver	4,128 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (164-145 BCE)	Silver	4,740 kg
S 621 - Citium (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (163-145 BCE)	Silver	8,215 kg
Salamis (Ptolemy VIII), silver, tetradrachms (Ptolemy I/eagle on thunderbolt) (145-116 BCE) Olivier	Silver	23,173 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy VIII), silver, tetradrachms (145-116 BCE) Olivier	Silver	9,943 kg
S 622 - Citium (Ptolemy VIII), silver, tetradrachms (145-116 BCE)	Silver	18,412 kg
S 623 - Citium (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (117-113 BCE)	Silver	1,396 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (117-113 BCE) Olivier	Silver	1,402 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy X), silver, tetradrachms (114-105 BCE) Olivier	Silver	8,178 kg
S 624 - Citium (Ptolemy X), silver, tetradrachms (113-104 BCE)	Silver	3,835 kg
S 617 - Salamis (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (100-88 BCE) Olivier	Silver	3,819 kg
S 633 - Paphos (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (100-90 BCE) Olivier	Silver	3,931 kg
S 608 - Uncertain mint, silver, tetradrachm, 180-170 BC	Silver	0 kg
S 607 - Uncertain mint, silver, tetradrachm, 193-180 BC	Silver	0 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
788 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 319/318 BCE) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 108, May 2018, 389)	Silver	319 BC ^JL
15521 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 316/315 BCE) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 72, June 2006, lot 399)	Silver	316 BC ^JL
928 - Salamis (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (Leu Numismatik, EA 18, Dec. 2021, 573)	Silver	315 BC ^JL
28733 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 315/314 BCE) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 481, Dec. 2020, 180)	Silver	315 BC ^JL
28726 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 316/315 BCE) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 12, May 2020, 154)	Silver	315 BC ^JL
15526 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 314/313 BCE) over uncertain type (Savoca, 26, Oct. 2018, lot 34)	Silver	314 BC ^JL
28742 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 314/313 BCE) over uncertain type (Heritage, 231731, Aug. 2017, 61006)	Silver	314 BC ^JL
28745 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 313/312 BCE) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, XXV, Jan. 2022, 5057)	Silver	313 BC ^JL
789 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 312/311 BCE) over uncertain type (Elsen, 93, Sept. 2007, 206)	Silver	312 BC ^JL
27375 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 312/311 BCE) over uncertain type (Triton, XXV, Jan. 2022, 5058)	Silver	312 BC ^JL
15534 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 312/311 BCE) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 61, Sept. 2002, lot 456)	Silver	312 BC ^JL
15537 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 311/310 BCE) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Meydancikkale hoard, n° 2170)	Silver	311 BC ^JL
3639 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 311/310 BCE) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 61, Sept. 2002 466)	Silver	311 BC ^JL
15543 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 309/308 BCE) over Alexander the Great (Nicolet-Pierre 1986 - Kawabiki coll.)	Silver	309 BC ^JL
3246 - Sidon (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 308/307 BCE) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 52)	Silver	308 BC ^JL
28756 - Sidon (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 308/307 BCE) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 18, Dec. 2021, 601)	Silver	308 BC ^JL
2912 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 143)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3727 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Auctiones, 29, June 2003, 782)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3866 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75586)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2949 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 936)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24248 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5305)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3810 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Aradus (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5315)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3235 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75560)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
27389 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 218, Feb. 2022, 107)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over uncertain type (Triton, X, Jan. 2007, 414)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24280 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 73) over uncertain type (Malter, XXXII, Nov. 1985, 177)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3489 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Elsen, 86, Dec. 2005, 146)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3809 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Schulman, 231, March 1958, 3700a)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3298 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5328)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3690 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio, 160, June 2011, 6046)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3090 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Heritage, Signature Sale 3061, Jan. 2018, 29267)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3507 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75608)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3177 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Helios, 4, Oct. 2009, 62)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3151 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Dorotheum, Nov. 2013, 82)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24283 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 476, Sept. 2020, 171)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3278 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Ebay, seller Autorarities, Aug. 2015, 2015BK13)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3281 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 105, Nov. 1998, 293)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3783 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Auctiones, EA 13, Febr. 2013, 35)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3038 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 79) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Hess-Divo, 317, Oct. 2010, 363)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3467 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 383)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24218 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 269, March 2020, 673)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3806 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (CNG, 103, Dec. 2016, 395)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2976 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 67) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5314)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24288 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 77) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 11, Feb. 2020, 1108)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2998 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, NY Auction, Jan. 2016, 30137)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3440 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 314, May 2009, 1253)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3396 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75634)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2963 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 108) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 456, Nov. 2019, 213)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3680 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Heritage, 3035, Sept. 2014, 29120)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3209 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 58, Sept. 2001, 737)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3661 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75562)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3617 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Pegasi Numismatics, 35, Oct. 2016, 220)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
29190 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Feb. 2025, 74104)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24245 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75559)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3731 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 384)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3684 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75624)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
27276 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, XXVI, Jan. 2023, 424)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24158 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, VII, Jan. 2004, 372)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24273 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 27, Sept. 2023, 878)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3299 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over uncertain type (CNG, 87, May 2011, 690)		306 BC ^JL
29017 - Euhesperides (Ptolemy I) (stater Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 150, Dec. 2024, 703)	Gold	300 BC ^JL
3771 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B31) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 178, Dec. 2007, 26)	Bronze	300 BC ^JL
24270 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B23) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 553, Jan. 2024, 177)	Bronze	300 BC ^JL
3700 - Cyrene (AE Ptolemy I/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 281, Feb. 2008, 6)	Bronze	246 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
3442 - Petra (Nabataean kingdom) (AE Athena/Nike) over Alexandria (Ptolemies) (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 79)	Bronze	279 BC ^JL
2957 - Petra (Nabataean kingdom) (AE Athena/Nike) over Alexandria (Ptolemies) (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 268, Nov. 2011, 147)	Bronze	279 BC ^JL
2860 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (MacDonald coll., 144)	Bronze	250 BC ^JL
24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)	Bronze	250 BC ^JL
3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)	Bronze	250 BC ^JL
24356 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 318, Jan. 2014, 349)	Bronze	250 BC ^JL
2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)	Bronze	250 BC ^JL
2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)	Bronze	250 BC ^JL
2930 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (CNG, 87, May 2011, 714)	Bronze	250 BC ^JL