Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1071. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As King, 305-285 BC. AV Pentadrachm (17.84 g, 12h). Obverse die signed by the artist "D". Alexandria mint. Diademed bust right, wearing aegis; small D behind ear / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 210; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Boston MFA 2263 (same obv. die); Dewing 2740. EF. ($7500)