Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1070. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As King, 305-285 BC. AV Pentadrachm (17.83 g, 12h). Obverse die signed by the artist "D". Alexandria mint. Diademed bust right, wearing aegis; small D behind ear / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 204 (pl. VII, 5 - same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Good VF, light graffito in field on obverse. Rare. ($5000)