287, Lot: 242. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.91 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 36 (250/49 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΣΙ above monogram, left Λς (date) to right. Svoronos 749; SNG Copenhagen 516; DCA 21. VF, light scratches on reverse.