# Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Ptolemy I Soter

- By: Ancient Greek
- Date: 305-284 BCE and later
- Medium: Silver
- Classification: Coin
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2.7 cm (1 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Gift of William F. Dunham
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/95975)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ceca7e2d-6cd1-666d-3558-bf8221cd9ec0/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Obverse: Head of Ptolemy I to right, diademed and wearing aegis; partial border of dots Reverse: Eagle standing on thunderbolt to left, at left the letter P and a monogram, countermark at right

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0