360, Lot: 204. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. 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 (27mm, 14.99 g, 1h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin; small ∆ on aegis / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, monogram, Corinthan helmet right, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 164; Zervos Issue 29; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; SNG Lockett 3393. VF, toned, flan crack, some light cleaning scratches, some hoard deposits.
Ex Sincona AG 9 (22 October 2012), lot 3517.