Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 575. Estimate $1250.  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. 305-285 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.26 gm, 12h). Obverse die signed by the artist D. Alexandria mint. Diademed bust right, wearing aegis; small D behind ear / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; P above monogram to right. Svoronos 255; BMC Ptolemies pg. 20, 59; SNG Copenhagen 70. EF, toned. ($1250)