188, Lot: 103. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.92 g). Gaza mint. Dated RY 31 (255/254 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; two monograms before; date and monogram behind. Svoronos 828; cf. SNG Copenhagen 457 (year 30). Near VF, some light scratches and a few spots of dark toning.