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Egypt, Ptolemaic Kings, Ptolemy I, 305-285 BC, Tetrobol ca. 300-389, Cyrene, very rare variety
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Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy I, 305-285 BC. Tetrobol, Cyrene circa 300-389, AV 12 mm, 2.78 g.
Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy r., wearing aegis at neck // Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟΥ] Nike standing slightly l., holding wreath in her extended r. hand and sceptre over her l. shoulder, crab to l., I in lower r. field.
Naville 258f, pl. vii (this coin). Svoronos 304α, pl. iii, 13 (these dies).
Very rare variety, only few specimens known. Good Very Fine.
Provenance Details
Ex Hess-Leu Auktion 45, 1970, 403;
Ex Leu 22, 1979, 175;
Ex CNG XXVI, 1993, 139;
Ex Triton IV, 2000, 310 and Stack's 2018, 20078 sales.
From the L. Naville and George & Robert Stevenson collections.