339, Lot: 202. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, H above club. Svoronos 637; SNG Copenhagen 478; DCA 4. Near VF, toned, light graffiti, multiple bankers’ marks.
From Group SGF.
Cohen, in Dated Coins of Antiquity, notes on page 29 that he lists this type as undated but includes it in his work in case additional evidence proves that the H on the reverse is indeed a date, and not just a control mark as Lorber and Davesne have argued.