CNG 90, Lot: 766. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.19 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 36 (250/49 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above ΔI; Λς (dae) to right. Svoronos 749; SNG Copenhagen 516; Noeske 105 var. (date); DCA 21. VF, lightly toned, tiny die break on jaw.