CNG 102, Lot: 653. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.57 g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 311/0-305 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck with tiny Δ in scales / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, HP monogram, Corinthian helmet right, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 170; Zervos Issue 25, dies 380/– (unlisted rev. die); SNG Copenhagen 27. Good VF, toned. Struck on a broad flan.

From the Volteia Collection.