357, Lot: 177. Estimate $150. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.24 g, 1h). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; two monograms to left, ΛΓ (date) above Θ to right. Svoronos 777; SNG Copenhagen 472; DCA 19. VF, chipping on reverse revealing some crystallization.