296, Lot: 92. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.14 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 30 (256/5 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above monogram; Λ (date) to right. Svoronos 732; SNG Copenhagen 511; DCA 21. Good VF, toned, light scuff and traces of double strike on reverse.