298, Lot: 69. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.03 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos (316/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ to left, ΣI below throne. Price 3504; Newell, Sidon 50. Near EF, toned, surface porosity.

Ex Herbert Cahn Collection.