CNG 87, Lot: 696. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Drachm (45mm, 92.78 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 266/5-256 BC. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; E between legs. Svoronos 446; Weiser 19; SNG Copenhagen 142; Noeske 64. VF, red-brown patina. Rare.

From the HLT Collection.