Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 571. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap. 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.82 gm, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310-305 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / ALEXANDROU, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, holding shield on left arm; monogram in circle to inner left, DI monogram and eagle on thunderbolt right. Svoronos 142; Jenkins, Early, Group a; BMC Ptolemies pg. 4, 24; SNG Copenhagen 21. Good VF, attractively toned, light scratches on reverse. ($1000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica A (27-28 February 1991), lot 1567.