443, Lot: 187. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (26.5mm, 15.31 g, 6h). Imitative issue, under Hieron II of Syracuse. Uncertain mint in Sicily. Struck circa 264/3 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left, A to lower right. CPE B297; Svoronos 615; Wolf & Lorber, ‘West Greek’ Style, Subgroup 2, H38 (A19/P30 – this coin); SNG Copenhagen –. VF, dark brown patina. Rare.

Reportedly ex Richard Cyril Lockett Collection.