Ptolemaic Empire, Ptolemy I as Satrap (323-305/4 BC), tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great, Memphis (and Alexandria?), c. 317/6 BC, deified head of Alexander the Great wearing elephant skin headdress, rev., ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre; to left, thunderbolt; below throne, monogram, 17.07g, die axis 1.00 (CPE 33; Svoronos 22, pl. 1, 15; SNG Copenhagen 11), graffiti before head of Zeus, very fine and rare. Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen list 414, 1 August 1979, no. 9 and Peus 301, 25 May 1981, lot 578.
(700-1000 GBP)