Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 382. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.26 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck; small Δ behind ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70-1; BMC p. 15, 16; Noske 29 var. (monogram). Near EF, toned.