CNG 90, Lot: 763. Estimate $400. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.89 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos (316/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3504; Newell, Dated 50 (unlisted dies); Rouvier 1150; DCA 877. Near EF, toned, very minor porosity. Struck in high relief.

From the Deyo Collection.