Lot 87
Lot 30087 > PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter (ca. 323-305/4 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 15.67 gm, 11h). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Intermediate Ptolemaic standard. Alexandria, in the name of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, 306-300 BC. Horned head of deified Alexander III right, wearing elephant skin headdress, mitra and scaly aegis; dotted border / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Athena advancing right, shield on extended left arm, brandishing spear held in right hand; Macedonian helmet right above eagle standing right on thunderbolt in outer right field, AX monogram in inner right field. CPE 69. Svoronos 162. Lovely cabinet toning.
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