Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I, 323-283 BC. Bronze. Obverse- Deified Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin headdress. Reverse- PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS, eagle with open wings standing on thunderbolt to left.; between legs E. Svoronos 439, SNG Cop 158, 24mm, 11.94gm. Ptolemy was a general of Alexander the Great. After Alexander’s death, he went on to rule Egypt.