383, Lot: 243. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.74 g, 12h). Kyrene mint. Struck under Magas. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, torch; to right, [silphion plant]. Svoronos 305; SNG Copenhagen –; Müller, Afrique 361. VF, toned, struck off center. Rare.