258, Lot: 229. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above monogram; ΛΓ (date) to right. Svoronos 740; SNG Copenhagen 515. VF, minor marks and deposits.