CNG 96, Lot: 591. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Half Mnaïeion – “Tetradrachm” (20mm, 13.86 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 272-261/0 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, shield to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above. Svoronos 604; Olivier & Lorber 243–9 var., dies 15/– [unlisted rev. die]; SNG Copenhagen 133; Noeske 38; Boston MFA 2275; Dewing 2753-4. Near EF, lustrous, light scratch in field on reverse.