294 GR PTOLEMY I SOTER 294BC AR Tetradrachm Alexandria E Tetradrachm Good

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PTOLEMY I SOTER 294BC Silver Tetradrachm Alexandria Egypt Greek Coin i74784i74784 Authentic Ancient Coin of: Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom of EgyptPtolemy I Soter - King: 305-282 B.C. Silver Tetradrachm 28mm (13.83 grams) Alexandria mint, struck circa 294-285 B.C.Reference: Svoronos 283 SNG Copenhagen -Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis 'signed' Delta behind ear. TOEMAIOY BAIE, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt P above in field to left.A close boyhood friend of Alexander, Ptolemy, son of the Macedonian Lagus, became one of the conqueror's most trusted generals and distinguished himself in the destruction of the Persian Empire. After Alexander's death he received Egypt as his share of the inheritance and over the following four decades he created a stable and prosperous kingdom. For the first eighteen years of his rule he was officially only 'satrap' of Egypt, but in 305 B.C. he took the title of 'king' along with several other 'successors' of Alexander. Twenty years later, he associated his son, Ptolemy II, with him as co-ruler, and in 283 B.C. he died peacefully in his bed, the only one of the Diadochi to do so. Most of our knowledge of the life of Alexander is derived from a history written by Ptolemy. The work itself is now lost, but it was the main source for the Roman historian Arrian's History of Alexander and the Indike, an account of India.