382, Lot: 175. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Quarter Ma’ah – Obol (6mm, 0.15 g). Attic standard. Mint in Judah. Struck circa 302/1-295/4 BC. [Youthful male head either facing, to left, or to right] / Eagle standing left with wings spread; ‘YHD’ in Hebrew to left. Cf. Gitler & Lorber II, Groups 2-4; cf. Meshorer 29-30 and 32; cf. Hendin 1076-8. VF, obverse off center. Rare.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 887560 (December 2011).