CNG 102, Lot: 656. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70–1; Noeske 41–2. Near EF, underlying luster, a couple tiny scratches on obverse.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 859039 (November 2009).