394, Lot: 305. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.03 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 256 var. (small Δ behind ear); SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 29 var. (same). VF, some roughness, die breaks on obverse, reverse struck with clashed die. This piece is of a somewhat irregular style, and lack the small Δ behind Ptolemy’s ear, so it is possibly a contemporary imitation.