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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 799

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 3000 USD
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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.
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