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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 650 CHF
Hammer Price:  1100 CHF
Lot 270

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, 305-282 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 15.55 g, 12 h), struck in the name of Alexander III "the Great", Alexandria, c. 306 - c. 300. Diademed head of the deified Alexander III to right, with horn of Zeus Ammon above his ear, wearing an elephant's skin headdress and an aegis around his neck; in aegis, Δ; on Alexander's cheek and in the field to right, countermark. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm; in the field to right, monogram of ΗP behind eagle standing right on thunderbolt; above eagle, Corinthian helmet to right; in the field to left, eight-pointed star. Lorber 66. Svoronos 174. Zervos issue 26. Toned and attractive. Two countermarks on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From an American collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 107, 2 April 2001, 293.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 03:08:58 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1100 CHF

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