Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Memphis, circa 323 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, rose before, moneyer's signature ΔI-O beneath. CPE 19; Price 3971; SNG Copenhagen 7-8. 17.22g, 27mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine, excellent strike with toning highlighting design.
This coin published in H.B. Andersen, Apollo to Apollo: The Hunt for the Divine and Eternal Beauty (Indbundet, 2019);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 52, 7 October 2009, lot 100;
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Inc., Auction 30, 08 December 1992, lot 56.