Triton XIX, Lot: 324. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.05 g, 1h). Attic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 316-312/0 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin and aegis / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, EY and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 42; Zervos Issue 18, dies 279/a; SNG Copenhagen 15 var. (d on obv.); Noeske –. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.

Ex Frank Kovacs inventory (April 1986) [ticket included].