250, Lot: 179. Estimate $500. Sold for $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.04 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 31 (255/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΣΙ and monogram to left, ΛΑ (date) to right. Svoronos 734; SNG Copenhagen 513 var. (monogram). VF, toned, scratch on reverse.