CNG 84, Lot: 750. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.15 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; rose in left field, ΔI-O below throne. Svoronos -; Zervos Issue 2C, dies 211/f; Price 3971; SNG Copenhagen (Macedon) 853. Near EF, graffiti in field on reverse.