PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.58 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kyrene mint; Theupheides, magistrate. Struck circa 311 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis; [ΘEY to upper left], silphion plant below left wing. CPE 257; Svoronos 61; Naville 126 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 170a. Weakly struck, scratches. Good Fine. Extremely rare, only one example known, in Athens (all references refer to this example).
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection. Ex Superior (29 January 1979), lot 107.
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