Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, 305-282 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 13.69 g, 12 h), signed by D..., Alexandria, c. 300-285. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around his neck; within his hair behind his ear, tiny letter Δ. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Ρ above monogram of M/ΠΑ. Lorber 170. SNG Copenhagen 74. Svoronos 254. Clear and attractive, with a powerful portrait of Ptolemy. Edge break from corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of W. Belser, Zürich, prior to 1965, and that of his son, acquired in the early 1970s.