Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 571. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. Sold For $1200 

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as 
Satrap. 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.82 gm, 
12h). Alexandria mint. Struck in the name of 
Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310-305 BC. 
Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing 
elephant's skin headdress / ALEXANDROU, Athena 
Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear in 
right hand, holding shield on left arm; monogram 
in circle to inner left, DI monogram and eagle on 
thunderbolt right. Svoronos 142; Jenkins, Early, 
Group a; BMC Ptolemies pg. 4, 24; SNG Copenhagen 
21. Good VF, attractively toned, light scratches 
on reverse. ($1000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars 
Classica A (27-28 February 1991), lot 1567.


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