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Ptolemaic Tetradrachms

Silver Tetradrachms with the vessel in which they were found at Tel Dor, Israel. Dating from the Ptolemaic Period, 3rd century BC.

Ptolemy I Soter (367-283 BC) Greek general and pharaoh of Egypt and Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309-246 BC) King of Egypt. Now in the Mizgaga Museum, Nahsholim, Israel. Photo: Zev Radovan