421, Lot: 397. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.15 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 / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; AP (civic) monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos). Good VF, lightly toned, slightly weak strike on obverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern Collection, 6 December 1997.