319, Lot: 138. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.37 g, 12h). Attic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 316-312/0 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin and aegis / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; monogram to inner left; to right, EY and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 44; Zervos Issue 20A; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; BMC 6; Boston MFA 2253. VF, lightly toned, shallow cut on obverse, some roughness.