Superb Ptolemaic Pentadrachm

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 557. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AV Pentadrachm (17.84 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 1 (285/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram above shield to left, A (date) between legs. Svoronos 558; SNG Copenhagen 106 var. (no shield). Choice EF.

Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 452.