Triton XX, Lot: 379. Estimate $750. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Φ above monogram. Svoronos 268; SNG Copenhagen 66; BMC 11; Boston MFA –; Hunerian 21; Noeske –. EF, toned, hairline flan crack, light smoothing in fields, some die rust on obverse, cleaning marks on reverse.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.