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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap (323-305 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 15.26 gm, 1h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, graffito. Alexandria, intermediate Ptolemaic standard, ca. 310-306 BC. Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and elephant's skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield; monograms to left and right; eagle on thunderbolt in right field. Svoronos 139. SNG Copenhagen 23. Light scratches in reverse fields, otherwise attractively toned and exceptionally handsome.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap (323-305 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 15.26 gm, 1h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, graffito. Alexandria, intermediate Ptolemaic standard, ca. 310-306 BC. Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem and elephant's skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield; monograms to left and right; eagle on thunderbolt in right field. Svoronos 139. SNG Copenhagen 23. Light scratches in reverse fields, otherwise attractively toned and exceptionally handsome.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD