304, Lot: 173. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.78 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; A in left field. Price 3426 var. (control mark; Byblos mint); Gorny & Mosch 196, lot 1404 var. (same obv. die, with correct control mark, an AP monogram [Price 3426]). Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection.

The engraver of this reverse die mistakenly left off the “P” portion of the monogram for this issue.