395, Lot: 214. Estimate $100. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Obol (9.5mm, 0.40 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Byblos mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; B in left field, OΛ below throne. Price 3417. VF, toned, porous. Very rare, only one in Pella, none in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.