Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 990. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.21 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left; to left, monogram above club, ΛΓ and monogram to right, monogram between legs. Svoronos 674; SNG Copenhagen 490 var. (same). Good VF. Fresh metal.