310, Lot: 145. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.65 g, 2h). Alexandreia mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 305-304/3 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; monogram to inner left; to right, ΔΙ and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 142; Jenkins, Early group a; SNG Copenhagen 21-2. VF, toned, a few scratches on obverse, two punch marks on cheek.

From the RVP Collection.