Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, 305-282 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 13.82 g, 12 h), uncertain mint on Cyprus (Salamis or Kition), circa 294-282. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck; small Δ behind ear. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣΤ above monogram of Π and A. CPE 235. SNG Copenhagen 87. Svoronos 368. Nicely toned. Scratches on the obverse and some corrosion on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s.