Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 464. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.62 g, 1h). Memphis mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 322 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; rose in left field, ΔI-[O] below throne. Zervos Issue II; Price 3971. Good VF, toned, a hint of roughness, light graffiti under tone in field on reverse.