Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter AV Third Chryson – 'Hemidrachm'. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; XA monogram to left. Svoronos 232; SNG Copenhagen 46; Noeske 13 var. (control mark); Boston MFA 2261. 1.73g, 10mm, 12h.
Light scratches, otherwise Good Very Fine. Very Rare – only half a dozen example auctioned in the past two decades.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014, lot 1575;
From a private Australian collection, privately purchased in 1998.