CNG 111, Lot: 414. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 294-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. CPE 168; Svoronos 255; SNG Copenhagen 70–1. Good VF, old collection tone.

From the Ealing Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, April 1998.