Ancients
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap (323-282 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 15.62 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5, die shift. Alexandria, first reduced standard, plain series, ca. 306-300 BC. Horned head of deified Alexander III right, wearing elephant headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis tied before neck; dotted border / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on left arm; HP monogram in inner right field, helmet right above eagle standing right on thunderbolt in outer right field, dotted border. CPE 65. Svoronos 170. Struck from highly detailed dies. Areas of red-orange toning on obverse.
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