Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 716. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As Satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.08 gm, 12h). Obverse die signed by the artist D. Alexandria mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 314-310 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin; small D to right of elephant's ear / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; EY and eagle to right. Svoronos 42; Zervos Series D, Issue XIV; SNG Copenhagen 15. Near EF, lightly toned, hairline flan crack. Exceptional high relief portrait. Rare Attic weight issue. ($3000)