CNG 84, Lot: 759. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Chalkous(?) (10mm, 1.58 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in eastern Thrace. Struck circa 254-253 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Arsinöe II right / Eagle standing left. Svoronos -; Arslan & Ozen 29-55 (OD6/RD9); SNG Copenhagen -. VF, brown patina. Very rare.

This type had previously been given to Ptolemy Keraunos, but S. Psoma (“Numismatic Evidence on the Ptolemaic Involvement in Thrace During the Second Syrian War,” AJN 20 [2009]) has persuasively argued for their attribution to the forces of Ptolemy II that were campaigning in Thrace during the Second Syrian War.