Triton XXII, Lot: 406. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AV Tetarte – 'Triobol' (11mm, 1.75 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, wings spread, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. CPE 155; Svoronos 200; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 48; Boston MFA –; Dewing –; Gulbenkian –; Noeske –. EF, traces of die rust, a couple light marks in fields. Well centered. Rare, and choice for issue.