NumisBids
  
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Triton XXIII  14-15 Jan 2020
View prices realized

Lot 516

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 1900 USD
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC, or king, 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.00 g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 306-300 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck with tiny Δ in scales / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, HP monogram, Corinthian helmet right, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. CPE 65; Svoronos 170; Zervos Issue 25, dies 399/a (this coin referenced); SNG Copenhagen 27; Boston MFA 2257 = Warren 1319; Noeske 5. Toned, tiny delamination on obverse, banker's mark and light graffito on reverse. Good VF.


Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 650 (October 1972), no. A1227; Glendining (3 May 1967), lot 20.
Question about this auction? Contact Classical Numismatic Group, LLC