398, Lot: 343. Estimate $200. Sold for $241. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.22 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: scorpion in incuse square (double struck) / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; AP monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos mint). VF, toned. Interesting countermark.