107, Lot: 109. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.08 gm). Joppa mint. Dated RY 34 (252/1 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; two monograms before, LD (date) and Q behind. Svoronos 807; SNG Copenhagen 464. VF, reverse encrustation.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.