From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008. Lot # 266 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$10000 / Price Realized: US$11000 PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Ptolemy I, as satrap. (323–305/4 BC). Silver tetradrachm (16.33 gm). Alexandria, ca. 309 BC. Head of deified Alexander right with horn of Ammon, wearing mitra of Dionysus and elephant headdress, aegis around neck / [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΟΝ, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand and holding shield on left arm, ΑΠ monogram in inner left field, in right field EY above eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Zervos Issue XV. Jenkins, ANSMN 9, p. 25, pl. iv, 3. Cf. Svoronos 44 (same controls, but ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ). Extremely rare. Toned good very fine. © 2005-2008 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com ... Lot 266 sold for high bid of $11000 [ $12650, or approx 8728.5 EUR, 6451.5 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] Gemini Auctions' results, text and images are re-used by the kind permission of: Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com)