CNG 88, Lot: 546. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Phoenicia. Struck circa 261/0-246 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΠT above AI above monogram. Svoronos 401; SNG Copenhagen 525 var. (bottom monogram). Good VF, patches of light encrustation on reverse.