Triton XV, Lot: 1307. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. 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. AV Stater (17mm, 8.53 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos (316/5 BC). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin, single-pendant earring, and necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; Σ (date) in left field. Price 3503; Newell,
Sidon 49 (dies EE/δ); SNG München –; SNG Alpha Bank –; SNG Saroglos –; SNG Ashmolean –. Near EF, struck from worn obverse die. Rare.