PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.12 g, 11h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 321-317 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thunderbolt in left field, monogram below throne. CPE 33; Svoronos 22; Zervos Issue 13, dies 255/a; SNG Copenhagen 11. Lightly toned, a few marks and deposits. Good VF. Struck in high relief. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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