264, Lot: 239. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 34 (252/1 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above monogram; to right, ΛΔ (date) above O or Θ. Svoronos 743 var. (lacking O or Θ); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, lightly toned, some fine cleaning scratches on the reverse.

The ΣI on the reverse is cut over a previous monogram.