PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Ptolemy I Soter (305/4-282 BC). AR stater or tetradrachm (25mm, 17.04 gm, 1h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5. Early posthumous issue of Memphis, in the name and types of Alexander the Great of Macedon, ca. 322/1 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; rose in left field, EY monogram below strut. Price -. CPE 12. Tetradrachms of Alexander from the mint of Memphis, Egypt are widely regarded as stylistically the most beautiful in the series.

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