Ancients
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap (323-305 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 15.34 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, graffiti. Alexandria, intermediate weight issue, ca. 309-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear held in right hand and holding shield at high port on left arm, monogram, and eagle standing on thunderbolt to right. Svoronos 107. SNG Copenhagen 25. Minor reverse graffiti in inner right and outer left fields, otherwise well struck and possessing attractive old cabinet toning.
From the Northern California Collection. Acquired from Palladium Numismatics, 1994.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD