PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.89 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos, king of Sidon (316/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3504; Newell, Dated 50 (unlisted dies); Rouvier 1150; DCA 877. Toned, very minor porosity. Near EF. Struck in high relief.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 440 (23 March 2019), lot 233; Deyo Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 763.

See A. DeShazo, "The Alexander Type Coinage of Sidon" (forthcoming), for an analysis of this series, proposing a few changes on certain aspects. The article is currently available at https://www.academia.edu/36978032/The_Alexander_Type_Coinage_of_Sidon