PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC or king, 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.70 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 / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand and wearing shield on extended left arm; to right, helmet, ΔI, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. CPE 72; Svoronos 169; Zervos Issue 31, dies 525/b; SNG Copenhagen 30; BMC 26. Even gray tone, with some iridescence around the devices, underlying luster, small area of weak strike. Good VF.
From the Apollo to Apollo Collection.