CNG 106, Lot: 522. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.13 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 252; SNG Copenhagen 69. Good VF, old cabinet tone.

From the George Bernert Collection.