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Auction: 12009 - The Magnus Collection, Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 143

Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I (305-282 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 16.03g, as Satrap, Alexandria, c.319-315 BC, head of Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon right, wearing elephant-scalp headdress, rev. Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, thunderbolt on left, monogram below throne (SNG Copenhagen 11; cf. Svoronos 22), some surface corrosion at edge behind Zeus, light graffito on reverse, toned, rare, very fine Estimate £ 800-1,000

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