Triton XVI, Lot: 589. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.24 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above ΠA monogram. Svoronos 256; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 29; Meydancikkale 3234–91 (cf. 3293 for same obv. die on different issue). EF, toned, scattered tiny deposits. Well centered on a broad flan of excellent metal.

The monogram on this coin appears to have been recut in the die over another control mark.