The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > Ancients Auction 17Auction date: 19 December 2024
Lot number: 74

Price realized: 340 GBP   (Approx. 432 USD / 412 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


ANCIENT GREECE. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Ptolemy I 'Soter' (as Satrap).
Silver Tetradrachm, circa 323-311 BC. Memphis or Alexandria.
In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, thunderbolt in left field, ΔI below throne.

About Extremely Fine; a particularly strong example with some excellent detail preserved for the type.

Reference: Zervos-Issue 4; Price-3976.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 27 mm.
Weight: 15.55 g.

Estimate: 250 GBP