Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 362

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.83 g, 12h). Attic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 307/6 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck with tiny Δ in scales / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, monogram and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. CPE 56; Svoronos 37; Zervos Issue 21, dies 304/– (unlisted obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, trace deposits, some faint scratches, a few tiny flan flaws and minor double strike on reverse. Near EF.

Ex Berk BBS 209 (23 March 1995), lot 176.


Estimate: 2000 USD