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Electronic Auction 440  20 Mar 2019
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Lot 233

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 750 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.89 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos, king of Sidon (316/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3504; Newell, Dated 50 (unlisted dies); Rouvier 1150; DCA 877. Near EF, toned, very minor porosity. Struck in high relief.

Ex Deyo Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 763.

See A. DeShazo, "The Alexander Type Coinage of Sidon" (forthcoming), for an analysis of this series, proposing a few changes on certain aspects. The article is currently available at https://www.academia.edu/36978032/The_Alexander_Type_Coinage_of_Sidon
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