Unusual Portrait Style

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 563. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $780. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.03 g, 11h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 32 (254/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Tyre monogram above club; to right, LB (date) above monogram; between legs, N in circle. Svoronos 669; SNG Copenhagen -; Meydancikkale 4433-4. EF, lightly toned, small flan flaw on cheek, nick on neck.