Triton XVIII, Lot: 778. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.30 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70–1; Boston MFA 2264; Hunt IV 498; Meydancikkale 3404 (same dies); Noeske 41–2. EF, toned, a couple minor marks in field on reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 270.

Struck from the same obverse die as the following lot.