Very Rare Ptolemy I Hemiobol

217, Lot: 179. Estimate $200. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. Æ Hemiobol (16mm, 3.71 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed; in left field, club and 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. VF, black patina, a little rough. Very rare.

Ex Gemini V (6 January 2009), lot 688.