Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1074. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II. 285-246 BC. AV Tetradrachm (13.82 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck after 265 BC. ADELFWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind / QEWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 604; SNG Copenhagen 133; BMC p. 40, 4; Dewing 2753. Good VF, two edge marks on obverse, a few light scuffs on reverse. ($2000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection. Ex Superior (11 December 1992), lot 2225.