CNG 88, Lot: 538. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70-1. EF, attractively toned. Well centered for issue.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Ponterio 100 (9 April 1999), lot 1440.