From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 267 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$12000 / Price 
                  Realized: US$9600 
                  PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Ptolemy I Soter, as king. Gold trichryson 
                  or “pentradrachm” 



             



            PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Ptolemy I Soter, as king. (305/4–283 BC). Gold 
            trichryson or “pentradrachm” (17.82 gm). Alexandria, after ca. 295 
            BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, with aegis around neck, tiny Ä 
            behind ear / ÐÔÏËÅÌÁÉÏÕ ÂÁÓÉËÅÙÓ, eagle with closed wings standing 
            left on thunderbolt, AM monogram in left field. Svoronos 204, pl. 
            vii, 5; cf. Svoronos 338. Obverse struck in high relief. Mint state. 





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