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327, Lot: 815. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.99 g, 12h). Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Stuck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 321-317 BC. Head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress, ram’s horn, and aegis / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thunderbolt in left field, PY below throne. Svoronos 20; Zervos Issue 14; SNG Copenhagen –; Jameson 998. VF, toned, areas of corrosion, cleaning scratches, graffito on the reverse. Rare early issue struck in high relief.


Ex Coin Galleries (17 May 1983), lot 144.