369, Lot: 248. Estimate $100. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305-282 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.97 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 300-285 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck, small Δ behind ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above Z. Svoronos 249; SNG Copenhagen 75. VF, toned, area of deep smoothing in field on reverse.

From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.