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Auction 339 22 Oct 2020
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GREEK COINS. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT.
PTOLEMY I, king 305-283 BC. Stater, gold, struck in Euhesperides (Cyrenaica), about 300-295. AV 7.16 g. Head r., wearing royal diadem, aegis around neck. Rev. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Alexander the Great, standing l. in an elephant quadriga, wearing aegis over his l. shoulder, holding reins with his l. hand, thunderbolt in his raised r. hand; in exergue, apple branch l. Lorber, CPE I, 310, 275; Naville, Cyrénaïque 80, 240 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. VII); Svoronos, Pt. 101.
Very rare. High relief. Large flan. Extremely fine
Provenance: L. Naville collection.
PTOLEMY I, king 305-283 BC. Stater, gold, struck in Euhesperides (Cyrenaica), about 300-295. AV 7.16 g. Head r., wearing royal diadem, aegis around neck. Rev. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Alexander the Great, standing l. in an elephant quadriga, wearing aegis over his l. shoulder, holding reins with his l. hand, thunderbolt in his raised r. hand; in exergue, apple branch l. Lorber, CPE I, 310, 275; Naville, Cyrénaïque 80, 240 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. VII); Svoronos, Pt. 101.
Very rare. High relief. Large flan. Extremely fine
Provenance: L. Naville collection.