419, Lot: 247. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.6mm, 17.14 g, 11h). 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 Aëtophoros seated left; rose in left field, ΔI below throne, O to left of scepter. Svoronos –; Zervos Issue 2C; Price 3971c; SNG Copenhagen 7. VF, attractively toned, some light marks and scratches.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from CNG, July 1995.