CNG 96, Lot: 594. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.95 g, 11h). Tyre mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, Tyre monogram above club. Svoronos 644; SNG Copenhagen 482–3; Noeske 84. Near EF, bright surfaces, edge splits, minor die shift on reverse.