PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.18 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis mint. Struck circa 323-321/0 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Nikephoros seated left; rose in left field, ΔIO below throne. CPE 18; Svoronos –; Zervos Issue 2B, dies 212/a; Price 3971 var. (position of letters on rev.); ANS inv. 1944.100.35580 (same dies). Lightly toned, underlying luster, trace deposits. Near EF.
Ex Heritage 61332 (6 August 2023), lot 25112.
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