289, Lot: 162. Estimate $1000. 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 (29mm, 15.04 g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress; c/m: owl standing left, head facing, with olive sprig behind / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, helmet, monogram, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 162; Zervos Issue 28; SNG Copenhagen 29. Good VF, polished, minor bumps and scratches on obverse, ex jewelry with mounting marks around edge.