CNG 97, Lot: 410. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.96 g, 1h). 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, brandishing spear and wearing shield on arm; to right, EY and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 42; Zervos Issue 18 (dies 279/d); SNG Copenhagen 15; Noeske –. VF, toned, minor deposits, light scratch in field on reverse.