Ancients
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter (323-282 BC). AV trichryson or triple stater (pentadrachm) (24mm, 17.83 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style, scuffs. Alexandria, from ca. 294 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, tiny Δ behind ear; dotted border / ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed; ΠA monogram in left field, dotted border. CPE 152. Svoronos 208 (Ptolemy II). Very rare - only four examples in sales archives, including the present offering, and six examples known to Svoronos. Well struck from attractive Fine Style style dies.
Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 415; Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 18 (29 March 2000), lot 264; Leu Numismatik, Auction 22 (8 May 1979), lot 173; Hess-Leu (4 April 1963), lot 100
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Estimate: 15000-20000 USD