Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 419. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As Satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.61 g, 2h). Alexandria mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 310-305 BC. Diademed head of Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; monogram to left, monogram and eagle to right. Svoronos 139; Jenkins, Early, Group b; SNG Copenhagen 23. Good VF, two bankers' marks and scratch across obverse, light graffiti in field on reverse, all under attractive cabinet toning. ($500)