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Triton XIX, Lot: 2082. Estimate $10000.
Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AV Trichryson – 'Pentadrachm' (24.5mm, 17.83 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 285-261/0 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Tyre monogram above club. Svoronos 643; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –; Boston MFA –; Dewing –; Gulbenkian –. EF, underlying luster. Very rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 286.