422, Lot: 315. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.05 g, 6h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 31 of ‘Ozmilk (319/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician ‘K (for ‘Ozmilk) and | –= (Phoenician date). Price 3281 (Ake); Newell, Dated 34, obv. die XXIX; DCA 737. VF, toned. Well centered, and clear date.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.