Ptolemy’s First Gold Issue

Triton XIV, Lot: 383. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.55 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; no control marks. Svoronos -; Zervos issue 72; Price 3961. VF, a couple light scratches. Well centered with an attractively styled bust of Athena.