Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, 323-305 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30.5 mm, 15.59 g, 11 h), struck in the name of Alexander III "the Great", Alexandria, circa 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander III to right, with horn of Zeus Ammon above his ear, wearing an elephant skin headdress and an aegis around his neck. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm; in the field to left, monogram of AΔΦP behind eagle standing right on thunderbolt; above eagle, Corinthian helmet. SNG Copenhagen 19. Svoronos 168. Beautifully toned; sharply struck and with a particularly attractive portrait of Alexander III. Some minor scratches and traces of overstriking, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired in the 1950s from the collection of Dr. Naegeli in Zurich.