Triton XVIII, Lot: 779. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.25 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 256; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 16; Hirsch 1802; Meydancikkale 3234–311; Noeske 29. Near EF, attractive old collection tone, a couple tiny die breaks and light graffito (Σ) under tone in field on obverse.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Robert Golan, 4 October 1994.

Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot.