Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 8 . 3
Ptolemaic Coins from the Ken Bressett Collection
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.66 g, 11h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain Mint 3, probably Memphis. Struck circa 306-303 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck with tiny Δ in scales / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; monogram to inner left; to right, monogram and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. CPE 89; Svoronos 139; Zervos Issue 67, obv. die 640; SNG Copenhagen 23. Old cabinet tone, minor porosity, banker's marks. Near EF. Very attractive in hand. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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