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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 941. Estimate $2000. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. 
Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II. 285-246 BC. AV Tetradrachm (13.83 gm). Alexandria mint. Struck after 265 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind their heads / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 604; SNG Copenhagen 133. Near VF, light cleaning marks, a few small spots of encrustation. ($2000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (10 April 1996), lot 34.