Triton XIX, Lot: 2078. Estimate $10000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AV Trichryson – 'Pentadrachm' (22.5mm, 17.85 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 210; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA 2263; Dewing 2740. Near EF, light graffito in field on reverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 337; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 528; George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 141 (both described as Ptolemy II).