PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.12 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 33 of 'Ozmilk (317/6 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; -|O (Phoenician 'K [= 'Ozmilk]) and ||| –= (date [33 in Phoenician]) in left field. Price 3286 (Ake); Newell, Dated 37, obv. die XXXI; DCA 737. Lightly toned, minor deposits, struck with a worn obverse die. VF.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.