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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 384. Estimate $4000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. 
Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Tetradrachm (13.68 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 265-246 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, Gallic shield behind / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above. Svoronos 604; SNG Copenhagen 133; BMC p. 40, 2; Noske 38 var. (small K on rev.); Boston MFA 2275 (Ptolemy III); Dewing 2753-4. Good VF.