CNG 97, Lot: 419. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Tyre monogram above club. Svoronos 644; SNG Copenhagen 482–3; Noeske 84. Good VF, underlying luster, hairline flan crack.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.