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LOT 3084
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Uncertain mint 10 on Cyprus (Salamis or Kition).
Diademed head to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣT above monogram of ΠΑ. CPE 235; Svoronos 368; SNG Copenhagen 87. Near Very Fine.(14.08gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3084
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
