230, Lot: 159. Estimate $200. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.70 g, 11h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 35 (251/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis; c/m: quartered square with circles in each quadrant / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΣΙ above monogram, left ΛE (date) to right. Svoronos 746; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, light roughness.