Head of athena in left profile wearing laurel wreath reverse.
Attic standard tetradrachm.
The slightly lower mean weight observed in this sample is most likely due to the amount of wear which the coins suffered during their period of circulation.
Egypt ptolemy i as satrap ar attic standard tetradrachm.
First there were the so called archaic tetradrachms.
Ptolemaics used the phoenician standard instead.
The normal weight for a tetradrachm struck on the attic standard is actually about 17 2 gm.
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Ca 320 bc memphis or cyprus.
Owl standing right centre.
Head of alexander right in horn of ammon aegis and elephant skin aλeξanδρoy zeus enthroned left holding eagle on outstretched arm thunderbolt at left py below throne.
τετράδραχμον tetrádrakhmon was an ancient greek silver coin equivalent to four drachmae.
This is a conversion chart for tetradrachm τετράδραχμον 4 drachmae ancient greek attic eubolic standard.
Other mints seem to have followed this decline.
Egypt ptolemy i as satrap ar attic standard tetradrachm.
By the time of alexander the great a common trade coin known as a tetradrachm weighted 17 28 grams of silver.
The tetradrachm became the most authoritative coinage of.
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All the diadochi states used attic standard with the exception of ptolemaic egypt.
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Ca 320 bc memphis or cyprus.
The silver tetradrachm is believed to be the coin given to judas for betraying jesus.
Olive sprig and crescent moon in field top left.
Head of alexander right in horn of ammon aegis and elephant skin aλeξanδρoy zeus enthroned left holding eagle on outstretched arm thunderbolt at left py below throne.
In athens it replaced the earlier heraldic type of didrachms and it was in wide circulation from c.
The tetradrachm a silver coin equivalent to four drachmae first came into circulation in athens in 510 bc replacing the earlier heraldic type of currency.
Attica type 2 440 00 usd.