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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap (ca. 323-305 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.69 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, overstruck. Alexandria, ca. 310-306 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena advancing right; in right field, ΔI and helmet above eagle standing right. Svoronos 169. SNG Copenhagen 30. Overstruck on another tetradrachm, with some traces of flattened undertype in reverse fields, otherwise a splendid example, well centered on a broad flan, and beautifully toned.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3200 USD
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap (ca. 323-305 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.69 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, overstruck. Alexandria, ca. 310-306 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena advancing right; in right field, ΔI and helmet above eagle standing right. Svoronos 169. SNG Copenhagen 30. Overstruck on another tetradrachm, with some traces of flattened undertype in reverse fields, otherwise a splendid example, well centered on a broad flan, and beautifully toned.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3200 USD