52, Lot: 70. Estimate $750. Sold for $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT, Ptolemy I, as Satrap. 323-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.60 gm). Struck circa 310-305 BC. Head of Alexander, wearing elephant headdress; small D before elephant's ear / Athena Alkidemos walking right, with spear and shield; monogram to left, monograms and eagle in right field. Svoronos 146; SNG Copenhagen 18. Toned VF. ($750)

From the John M. McCarthy Collection