Greek Coinage
Ptolemaic kings, Ptolemy I Soter, 323 – 285. As King, 305–285. Tetradrachm, Alexandria circa 300-285 BC, AR 14.27 g. Diademed head r., wearing aegis, behind ear, small Δ. Rev. Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt, with closed wings; in l. field, P above monogram. Svoronos 255, pl. IX, 11. SNG Copenhagen 70.
Old cabinet tone, a counter-mark on obverse field, otherwise extremely fine