Very Rare Ptolemy I Hemiobol

212, Lot: 133. Estimate $150. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. Æ Hemiobol (17mm, 3.36 g, 11h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Head of the deified Alexander with the horn of Ammon, wearing mitra / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, club above monogram. Svoronos 630 (Ptolemy II); Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Cox, Excavations at Curium, ANSNNM 145, 73 (Ptolemy II). Lorber, "Ptolemaic Bronze Coinage of Tyre", INJ 16, p. 14, 1. Near VF, black patina, light deposits. Very rare.