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Exceptional Quality Ptolemy I Soter, Silver Tetradrachm
404
Egypt. Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I, Soter, 323-305 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (15.66 g). Minted at Al-
exandria in the name of Alexander III, the Great. Head of Alexander the Great right, with horn of
Ammon, clad in elephant’s skin and aegis.
Rev.
ALEXANDROU
. Athena Alkidemos advancing right
brandishing spear and holding shield; in left field monogram; eagle in right field. (Svoronos 139; BMC 6.6,
46; Sear 7749). Fantastic high relief style, excellent metal and nicely toned. A coin of exceptional beauty.
NGC graded XF*, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
$5,000
Ex Hunter Collection, Goldberg’s Sale 72, lot 4107.
405
Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy I Soter. Silver Tetradrachm (15.75 g), as Satrap, 323-305 BC. Alexandria,
in the name of Alexander III, ca. 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing
elephant’s skin headdress. Rev. A
L
E
X
AN
D
POY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, wielding javelin and
holding forth shield; in left field,
Q
E monogram; in right field, Corinthian helmet right above
D
I and eagle
standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 177; Zervos issue 33, dies 534/d (this coin cited); SNG Copen-
hagen -; SNG Lockett 3394 (this coin).
A superb specimen.
Removed from an NGC slab where graded Ch
AU*; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Fine style.
$1,500
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection
Ex R. C. Lockett Collection (Glendining, 21 February 1961), lot 2781;
Ex Cartwright Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 4, 1 October 1935), lot 950.