Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1075. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (34mm, 35.05 gm, 11h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 249-246 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; club to left. Weiser 54; Svoronos 103; SNG Copenhagen 494; BMC 66. Superb EF, dark green, olive, and brown patina. Struck from exceptionally artistic dies. ($1000)