396, Lot: 253. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.83 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Struck 285-261/0 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΣI to left. Svoronos 713; SNG Copenhagen 506–7. VF, slight roughness.

From the W. H. Guertin Collection.