CNG 103, Lot: 394. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.69 g, 11h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 316-312/0 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin and aegis / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; monogram to inner left; to right, EY and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 45; Zervos Issue 70; SNG Copenhagen 16. Good VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, a couple light scuffs on reverse. Well centered.