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PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap (ca. 323-305 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.63 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5, countermarks, scratches. Intermediate Ptolemaic standard. Alexandria, in the name of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Athena advancing right, holding shield extended on left arm and brandishing spear held in right hand; to right, helmet, monogram, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 162. SNG Copenhagen 29. Deeply toned and slightly off center strike.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1006, with tag.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap (ca. 323-305 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.63 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5, countermarks, scratches. Intermediate Ptolemaic standard. Alexandria, in the name of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Athena advancing right, holding shield extended on left arm and brandishing spear held in right hand; to right, helmet, monogram, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 162. SNG Copenhagen 29. Deeply toned and slightly off center strike.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1006, with tag.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD