380, Lot: 340. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.77 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Salamis mint. Struck under Menelaus, circa 315-306 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram and rudder; monogram below throne. Zapiti & Michaelidou –; Price 3165; Newell, Some 22. VF, toned, porous, a few scrapes.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.