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436, Lot: 264. Estimate $300.
Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.77 g, 11h). Tarsos mint. Struck circa 261/0-259 BC. Diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; Galatian shield to left, two monograms to right. CPE 400; Svoronos 911A; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA 2272 (same obv. die); Meydancikkale 5189–90 (same obv. die). VF, off center, some roughness, light scratches. Extremely rare.


From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman, purchased from Frank Kovacs, March 2002.