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Lot 63. Ptolemy I Soter Tetradrachm
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, December 18th, 19:31:30 CET)
Current time: Wednesday, March 18th, 13:55:46 CET
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CHF 120.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 132.36 / USD 152.64 / GBP 114.33
Bid history
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CHF 120.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2011-12-07, 00:14:32
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CHF 120.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2011-12-05, 22:28:41
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 1
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eAuction #1, Lot 63. Estimate: CHF 150.00
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter (305-282 BC). AR Tetradrachm (27-28 mm, 13.21 g), Alexandreia mint.
Obv. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck; small Δ behind ear.
Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above A.
Svoronos 247.
Spots of corrosion and graffito on reverse, otherwise, very fine.
On this coin we encounter the first true portrait of one of Alexander’s successors. The tiny letter Δ found in his hair behind the ear is the initial of the engraver, the so called Delta-Master
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