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LOT 3585
Reproduction of an AR Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter. 20th century AD. Imitating Memphis mint, in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, rose to left, ΔI-O beneath throne. For protoype: Price 3971; Müller 124. Extremely Fine.(13.70gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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