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Auction: 9017 - Ancient, British & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 564

Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I, Soter (305-283 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 15.60g, as satrap, Alexandria c.310-305 BC, diademed head of Alexander the Great right with horn of Ammon, wearing elephant´s scalp headdress, rev. aËeanÄpoy, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing javelin and holding shield, monogram and eagle on right (cf. SNG Copenhagen 26 and Svoronos 107, but this coin´s monogram different, the m delineated as here with the central v of the m reaching the base, with a horizontal bar half way up the upright), unrecorded variety (?), area of benign discolouration on reverse, almost extremely fine Estimate £ 900-1,200

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