Very Rare Early Tetradrachm

343, Lot: 265. Estimate $200. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.03 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos flying right; monogram below throne. Svoronos 94; Zervos Issue 5, dies 243/b; Price 3974; SNG Copenhagen 10 (same dies). VF, toned, die shift, some marks, graffiti in fields on reverse. Very rare issue, 21 examples inventoried by Zervos, nearly all in public collections.

From Group SGF.