A Mint Imitating Ptolemaic Tetradrachms of ‘Akko-Ptolemais

Abstract

A series of imitative tetradrachms based on dated Ptolemaic issues of ‘Akko-Ptolemais
commenced with an undated variety marked only with Δ, followed by several other varieties
unknown to Svoronos. The dies represented in a recent hoard reveal that this coinage was
much larger than hitherto suspected. It was probably struck to pay soldiers in the employ of a
ruler somewhere east of the Ptolemaic province of Syria and Phoenicia.