344, Lot: 192. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.92 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; thunderbolt in left field, [ΔI below throne]. Zervos Issue 4, dies 240/– (unlisted rev. die); Price 3976. VF, toned, ex jewelry (areas of mounting on reverse).

From the Michael Joffre Collection.