307, Lot: 114. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. Æ Chalkous (11mm, 0.92 g, 5h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 316-305/4 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon and short hair / AΛE, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; Π to left. Svoronos 53; cf. SNG Copenhagen 31; cf. Noeske 8–9; BMC 37; C. Lorber, “The Development of Ptolemaic Bronze Coinage in Egypt” in F. Duyrat & O. Picard, eds., L’exception égyptienne? Production et échanges monétaires en Égypte hellénistique et romaine (Le Caire, 2007), p. 136. Near VF, dark green-brown patina, some porosity.