Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 486. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I. 305-283 BC. AV Hemidrachm (1.79 gm). Struck 286/285 BC. Diademed bust right, wearing aegis / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; MI monogram before. Svoronos 197; SNG Copenhagen 45; Boston MFA 2262. EF, exceptional for this issue. (See color enlargement on plate 2.) ($2000)