Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 994. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy I, as Satrap. 323-305 BC. AR Drachm (3.80 gm). Struck circa 310-305 BC. Head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos walking right, with spear and shield; monogram left, eagle on thunderbolt and EY in right field. Svoronos 45; Zervos, "The Early Tetradrachms of Ptolemy I," in ANSMN 13 (1967), Issue XV; SNG Copenhagen 16. Good VF, a few light scratches. Rare. ($400)