439, Lot: 169. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (27mm, 18.84 g, 12h). Imitative issue. Uncertain mint in Sicily, under Hieron II of Syracuse. Struck circa 264-263 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left, A to lower right; dotted border. CPE B297; Svoronos 615; Wolf & Lorber, ‘West Greek’ Style, Subgroup 3, H69 (A42/P56 –
this coin); SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, attractive dark emerald green patina, almost black on reverse.
Ex David Freedman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 566.