CNG 97, Lot: 414. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.25 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70–1; Noeske 41–2. Near EF, toned, light scratch in field on reverse.

Ex W.B. and R.E. Montgomery Collection (Manhattan Sale I, 5 January 2010), lot 122.