258, Lot: 233. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 13.74 g, 12h). Gaza mint. Dated RY 30 (256/5 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; two monograms to left, Λ (date) and monogram to right. Svoronos 827; SNG Copenhagen 457. VF, lightly toned.