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Electronic Auction 486  24 Feb 2021
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Lot 264

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 190 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.13 g, 1h). Contemporary imitation of Alexandreia mint issue, circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above A. For prototype, cf. CPE 137 and Svoronos 247. For similar imitations, see C. Lorber. "A Mint Imitating Ptolemaic Tetradrachms of 'Akko Ptolemais" in INR 8 (2013). Lightly toned, some porosity and roughness. VF.
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