341, Lot: 248. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.41 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; AP monogram in left field. Price 3426; SNG Saroglos 592 (both attributed to Byblos mint). Good VF, toned.

From the J. Herbert Collection.