Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 372. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I, as Satrap. 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.75 gm). Struck circa 310-305 BC. Head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon, wearing elephant headdress / ALEXANDROU, Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield; monogram, eagle, and Corinthian helmet in right field. Svoronos 164; Jenkins, Early, Group e; BMC Ptolemies pg. 4, 32; SNG Copenhagen -. Toned EF, traces of an undertype, most likely an Alexander tetradrachm. ($1500)