CNG 100, Lot: 112. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AV Third Chryson – ‘Hemidrachm’ (10.5mm, 1.81 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, wings spread, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 200; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 48; Boston MFA –; Gulbenkian –; Noeske –. Near EF, some die wear on obverse. Well centered. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Joel Malter, June 1983. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 3, Sotheby's, 9 June 1983), lot 173.