389, Lot: 376. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. 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 (28.5mm, 13.81 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 headdress / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to inner left, monogram above helmet; to right, monogram and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 161; Zervos Issue 66; SNG Copenhagen 24. VF, toned, rough surfaces.
From the David Wray Collection. Ex vAuctions 218 (18 December 2008), lot 45.