CNG 106, Lot: 523. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.15 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 252 var. (tiny Δ behind ear); SNG Copenhagen 69 var. (same). Good VF, toned, graffiti and field marks. Rare variety.

Ex Berk BBS 175 (7 July 2011), lot 172; Berk BBS 46 (6 December 1986), lot 332.