CNG 97, Lot: 420. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Quarter Ma’ah – Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.24 g, 1h). Jerusalem mint. Struck circa 261/0-246 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; Aramaic YHDH to left. Gitler & Lorber II, Group 8, 16; Meshorer 32; Hendin 1087. VF, find patina, struck with worn obverse die. Clear ethnic. Rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.