CNG 85, Lot: 534. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.30 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 298/4-290/85 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 265; SNG Copenhagen 73. Good VF, toned, graffiti in fields on reverse.

Ex Sotheby’s (6 November 1997), lot 149.