420, Lot: 273. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.10 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Salamis mint. Struck under Menelaus, circa 315-306 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram and rudder; monogram below throne. Price 3165; Newell, Some 22; Zapiti & Michaelidou –. Good VF, slight die shift.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 January 2006.