409, Lot: 315. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.83 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Tyre mint. Dated RY 35 of ‘Ozmilk, king of Tyre (315/4 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician ‘K (for ‘Ozmilk) and ||||| –= (date). Price 3291 (Ake); Newell, Dated 40 (dies XXXIV/– [unlisted rev. die]); DCA 737. VF, toned, some roughness on obverse, a hint of porosity on reverse.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.