363, Lot: 204. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.40 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kyrene mint. Struck under Ophellas or Magas, circa 310-305 BC. Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; no control marks. Svoronos –; Price 3985; Noe, “The Corinth Hoard of 1938,” ANSMN 10, p. 14, 161 (same dies). Near VF, toned, some roughness. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.