CNG 87, Lot: 688. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.58 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Dated RY 32 of king Azemilkos (318/7 BC). Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; below left wing, -|O above ||–= (date). Unpublished. VF, struck with rusty dies.

Although this date is not known on an issue of staters, staters are known for both RY 30 and RY 33 of Azemilkos (Price 3278 and 3284, respectively). Also, the unusual style of the obverse on this coin is also present on issues for both of those years.