Ptolemy’s First Gold Issue
CNG 105, Lot: 449. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. 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 (18.5mm, 857 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; no control marks. Svoronos –; Zervos Issue 72, dies 729/b; Price 3961; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Saroglos 172 (same dies). Near EF, a few minor field marks.