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Buy or Bid Sale 215  4 May 2021
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Lot 118

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 2000 USD
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Egypt, Ptolemy I as satrap, with name and types of Alexander III. Tetradrachm; Egypt, Ptolemy I as satrap, with name and types of Alexander III; Memphis, c. 322-321 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.11g. SC-19, Price-3971. Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing lionskin headdress. Rx: Zeus seated l. holding eagle and scepter; A?E?AN?POY to r., rose before, moneyer's signature ?I-o beneath. Ex Wayte Raymond, New York (1886–1956).This issue of Memphis was always thought to be a late lifetime issue and one of the most beautiful of Alexander, but Cathy Lorber has re-dated this to an early issue of Ptolemy I. Obverse die of exceptional beauty and high relief. Reverse somewhat off center. EF
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