249, Lot: 199. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.13 g, 11h). Joppa mint. Dated RY 34 (252/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, city monogram above monogram; to right, ΛΔ (date) above Θ. Svoronos 804; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, small flan flaw on eagle’s leg.