Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Arados. Ptolemy I Soter 305-282 BC. As satrap, 323-305 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC
Tetradrachm AR
27mm., 17,07g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Α]ΛΕΞΔΝΔΡΟΥ (sic), Zeus seated left on low-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, AP (civic) monogram in left field.
very fine
Price 3426 (Byblos).