Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 576Auction date: 4 December 2024
Lot number: 235

Price realized: 300 USD   (Approx. 287 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.79 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; AP (civic) monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos); Taylor, Reattribution 333–6 (obv. die A53). Rough surfaces, cleaning marks. VF.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 573Auction date: 23 October 2024
Lot number: 342

Price realized: 225 USD   (Approx. 208 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.95 g, 12h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 14 of Abdalonymos (320/19 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Ξ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Newell, Dated 43, obv. die XX; Price P172 corr. (denomination); DCA2 863 . Toned, light roughness. VF.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 570Auction date: 11 September 2024
Lot number: 191

Price realized: 190 USD   (Approx. 172 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.91 g, 12h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 15 of Abdalonymos (319/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; O (date, in Greek) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price P175; Newell, Dated 45, obv. die XXIII; DCA2 863. Toned. VF.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIIAuction date: 14 January 2025
Lot number: 388

Price realized: 3,250 USD   (Approx. 3,188 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.18 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis mint. Struck circa 323-321/0 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; rose in left field, ΔIO below throne. CPE 18; Svoronos –; Zervos Issue 2B, dies 212/a; Price 3971 var. (position of letters on rev.); ANS inv. 1944.100.35580 (same dies). Lightly toned, underlying luster, trace deposits. Near EF.

Ex Heritage 61332 (6 August 2023), lot 25112.


Estimate: 1500 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 127Auction date: 17 September 2024
Lot number: 280

Price realized: 16,000 USD   (Approx. 14,382 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.11 g, 12h). Attic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 312/311 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, eagle standing right on thunderbolt above ΔI. CPE 40; Svoronos 33; Zervos Issue 16, obv. die 268; SNG Copenhagen –. Attractive old collection tone with a slight iridescence, underlying luster. Near EF. Well centered.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Nomos 1 (6 May 2009), lot 126.


Estimate: 5000 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIII Online SessionsAuction date: 22 January 2025
Lot number: 5266

Price realized: 7,500 USD   (Approx. 7,198 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.58 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kyrene mint; Theupheides, magistrate. Struck circa 311 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; [ΘEY to upper left], silphion plant below left wing. CPE 257; Svoronos 61; Naville 126 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 170a. Weakly struck, scratches. Good Fine. Extremely rare, only one example known, in Athens (all references refer to this example).

From the Henry A. Sauter Collection. Ex Superior (29 January 1979), lot 107.


Estimate: 2500 USD