Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 467. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.18 g, 11h). Contemporary imitation of Ake-Ptolemais mint issue dated RY 32 (254/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above ΛE; to right, AB above Θ. Svoronos 1911, α var. (ΛB not AB). Good VF, lightly toned.