The Ptolemaic Coins of Tyre

375, Lot: 37. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.60 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Dated RY 33 of king Azemilkos (317/6 BC). Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; below wing, Phoenician ‘K above |||–= (date). Price 3484A; Newell, Dated 36B; DCA 734. Near EF, obverse struck slightly off center.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Clearwater Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 308, 7 August 2013), lot 199.