259, Lot: 170. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Obverse die signed by the artist Δ. Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis; tiny Δ (very faint) behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Svoronos 256; SNG Copenhagen 71 var. (monogram). Good VF, toned, scratches and uncertain graffiti, banker’s mark on obverse.