From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008. Lot # 268 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$1500 / Price Realized: US$2000 PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Ptolemy I Soter, as king. (305/4–283 BC). Gold hemidrachm (1.74 gm). Alexandria, after ca. 295 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, with aegis around neck / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, MI monogram in left field. Svoronos 197. SNG Copenhagen 45. Flatness on highest point of hair from striking. Extremely fine/very fine. Ex Triton III, 1 December 1999, lot 647; ex Marian A. Sinton Collection. © 2005-2008 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com ... Lot 268 sold for high bid of $2000 [ $2300, or approx 1587 EUR, 1173 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] Gemini Auctions' results, text and images are re-used by the kind permission of: Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com)