CNG 88, Lot: 535. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.83 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, with crossed legs; AR monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos). Near EF, light porosity. Sharply struck from fresh dies. Exceptionally detailed reverse.