434, Lot: 157. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.22 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Struck RY 39 (247/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt, ΣI above Δ on left, ΛΘ above monogram on right. CPE 549 (same obv. die as illustration); Svoronos – (but same obv. die as illustration of 257); SNG Copenhagen –. Good Fine.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 September 1995), lot 1734 (part of).