Triton XVIII, Lot: 777. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AV Third Chryson – ‘Hemidrachm’ (9.5mm, 1.78 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] ΠTOΛE[MAIOY], eagle standing left, wings spread, on thunderbolt; Φ to left. Svoronos 228; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 77; Boston MFA –; Noeske –. Near EF. Very rare with this control mark, none in CoinArchives.