Gold oktadrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator 221–204 Greek, Ptolemaic head of Ptolemy III, Euergetes/double cornucopiaeminted in Alexandria, EgyptGold and silver were the primary raw materials for Hellenistic coinage of intrinsic value. The Ptolemies had access to abundant gold from the mines in Nubia, but most silver had to be imported to Egypt from farther afield. Consequently, the Ptolemies placed greater importance on gold coinage, producing some of the finest gold issues of Hellenistic times, examples of which you see Gold oktadrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator 253072 Greek, Ptolema
Gold oktadrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator 221–204 Greek, Ptolemaic head of Ptolemy III, Euergetes/double cornucopiaeminted in Alexandria, EgyptGold and silver were the primary raw materials for Hellenistic coinage of intrinsic value. The Ptolemies had access to abundant gold from the mines in Nubia, but most silver had to be imported to Egypt from farther afield. Consequently, the Ptolemies placed greater importance on gold coinage, producing some of the finest gold issues of Hellenistic times, examples of which you see Gold oktadrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator 253072 Greek, Ptolemaic, Gold oktadrachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221?204 , Gold, 1 1/16 in., ( cm, ). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 ()
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