343, Lot: 269. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.04 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 34 (252/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Tyre monogram above club; to right, ΛΔ (date) above monogram, Θ between legs. Svoronos 681; SNG Copenhagen 491 var. (control mark between legs); Noeske –. VF, compact flan, a few deposits and marks.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from WTB, 10 August 1994.