Savoca Coins
Special Auction 79 21 Jun 2020
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Alexandreia or Memphis. Ptolemy I Soter 305-282 BC. As satrap, 323-305 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 323/2-317/6 BC
Tetradrachm AR
27 mm., 15,23 g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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, rose in left field, ΔI-O beneath throne.
very fine
Price 3971.
Tetradrachm AR
27 mm., 15,23 g.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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, rose in left field, ΔI-O beneath throne.
very fine
Price 3971.