Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 336. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Drachm (3.86 g, 1h). Uncertain standard. Alexandreia mint. Stuck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / [AL]EXAND[ROU], Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, eagle standing right on thunderbolt above EY. Svoronos 43; Zervos Issue XIV; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 16. Good VF, slight die shift on obverse, a couple spots of minor porosity on reverse. Rare denomination.