PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-282 BC. Good VF.

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Greek, 12h, Silver

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-282 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. CPE 156b; Svoronos 203; SNG Copenhagen –; S.B. Sage, Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver (Phoenix, 2001), no. 89 (this coin). Attractive light iridescent tone, underlying luster, trace deposits, small area of porosity and scrape on obverse. Good VF.

From the David Welsh Collection. Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection (Goldberg 47, 25 May 2008), lot 1279.


Closing Date and Time: 19 July 2023 at 11:10:40 ET.

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