Ancients
PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap (ca. 323-282 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 15.67 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, overstruck. Intermediate Ptolemaic standard, Alexandria mint, in the name of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 311-305/4 BC. Horned head of deified Alexander III right, wearing elephant skin headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis; Δ on headdress, dotted border / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Athena advancing right, shield on extended left arm, brandishing spear in right hand; Macedonian helmet right above eagle standing right on thunderbolt in outer right field, AX monogram in inner right field. CPE 69. Svoronos 162. Charming coin with light toning throughout.
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