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English: Sketch of a tetradrachm issued by Ptolemy I Soter, in the name of Alexander the Great (ca. 310-305 BC). No relation to Alexander II of Epirus. The obverse bears a youthful head covered with the skin of an elephant's head. The reverse represents Pallas Athena holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, and before her stands an eagle on a thunderbolt
Date no later than 1867, the date of publication of this edition of the encyclopedia (outdated citation)
Source Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Author no artist credit

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This is a sketch of a tetradrachm issued by Ptolemy I Soter, in the name of Alexander the Great (ca. 310-305 BC). There is no relation to Alexander II of Epirus. The citation is outdated.

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