Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 577. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-285 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.28 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 265; BMC Ptolemies pg. 14, 9; SNG Copenhagen 73. EF, toned. ($750)