CNG 88, Lot: 537. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AV Third Chryson – ‘Hemidrachm’ (11mm, 1.77 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 200; SNG Copenhagen 44-6 var. (monogram). VF, banker’s mark on obverse, scattered graffiti (typical for issue).