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Lot 53. Ptolemy I Soter Tetradrachm

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Beautiful Ptolemy I Tetradrachm
Ptolemy I Soter Tetradrachm

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Bidding closed (Sunday, January 15th, 19:27:00 CET)
Current time: Friday, November 22nd, 22:31:32 CET

Price realised: CHF 570.00 (7 bids)
Approx. EUR 615.32 / USD 642.70 / GBP 511.93

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #2, Lot 53. Estimate: CHF 500.00

Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter (305-282 BC). AR Tetradrachm (25-27 mm, 14.26 g), Alexandreia mint, c. 294-285 BC.
Obv. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck; small Δ behind ear.
Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram.
Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70; BMC p. 15, 16.

Nicely toned. Banker's mark on obverse and graffiti on ob- and reverse, otherwise, good very fine. A pleasant coin.

On this coin we encounter the first true portrait of one of Alexander’s successors. The tiny letter Δ found in his hair behind the ear is the initial of the engraver, the so called Delta-Master.



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