Rare Ptolemy II Issue in Thrace

401, Lot: 223. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (12mm, 1.84 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Thrace. Struck 254-253 BC. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoe II right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos –; Arslan & Ozen Group III, 8–12 (O4/R5 [Ptolemy Keraunos]); SNG Copenhagen –. Fine, red-brown patina. Rare.

For the reattribution of this coinage to Ptolemy II, see S. Psoma, “Numismatic Evidence on the Ptolemaic Involvement in Thrace” in AJN 20 (2008).