Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 574. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as Satrap. 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.68 gm, 1h). 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; helmet, monogram, and eagle to right. Svoronos 162; Jenkins, Early, Group e; BMC Ptolemies pg. 4, 33; SNG Copenhagen 29. Good VF, iridescent toning. ($1000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.