331, Lot: 98. Estimate $200. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.07 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 32 (254/3 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above monogram; ΛB (date) to right. Svoronos 739; SNG Copenhagen 514; DCA 21. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity and a few scratches.