456, Lot: 214. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC, or king, 305/4-282 BC. Æ Hemiobol (17.5mm, 4.70 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Series 2B. Struck 306–294 BC. Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing mitra with ram’s horn / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; aphlaston to left. CPE B24; Svoronos 155–6; SNG Copenhagen 38–41. Dark brown surfaces, slightly off center. Near VF. Rare early issue.