PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AV Hemistater (14mm, 4.26 g, 1h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kyrene mint; Euphris, magistrate. Struck circa 311–300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / [Π]TOΛEMAIOY, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; wheel to outer left, EY-ΦPI flanking feet. CPE 261 corr. (magistrate's name); Svoronos 63 corr. (wheel not noted) = Mørkholm, Cyrene 9 = Naville 129b = BMC Cyrenaica 170d (same dies); Svoronos 64 corr. (magistrate's name) = Mørkholm, Cyrene 8 = Naville 129a = BMC Cyrenaica 170c (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –. In NGC encapsulation 6159335-002, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5, die shift. Extremely rare, only two published, both in museum collections (Athens, The Hague); none in CoinArchives.
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