PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter (305/4-282 BC). AR stater or tetradrachm (28mm, 15.73 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5, overstruck. Ptolemaic standard, Alexandria, struck in the name of Alexander III the Great, ca. 306-300 BC, obverse die signed by the artist Δ. Diademed head of Alexander III right, wearing elephant headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis tied before neck; small Δ (artist's signature) to the right of the elephant's ear in the scales, dotted border / AΛEΞΑΝΔPOY, Athena advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on raised left arm; ΔI monogram in inner right field, Corinthian helmet right above eagle right on thunderbolt to lower right. CPE 72. Svoronos 169. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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