375, Lot: 38. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.73 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 285-261/0 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above club. Svoronos 644; SNG Copenhagen 482-3. Fine, numerous bankers’ marks and graffiti.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.