Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Memphis. Ptolemy I, as satrap 323-305 BC. Tetradrachm in the name and style of Alexander III. Tetradrachm AR

26mm., 15,89g.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [ΑΛΕΞ]ΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, to left, rose; ΔΙ – Ο beneath throne.

very fine, darkly toned

Price 3971.

From the Tareq Hani private collection.