Triton XVIII, Lot: 781. Estimate $10000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AV Trichryson – 'Pentadrachm' (23.5mm, 17.77 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 285-261/0 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, O above vertical club. Svoronos 639; CNG 84, lot 756 = Morton & Eden (23 November 2004), lot 680 (same obv. die); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, lustrous, a touch of die wear, a couple light marks in field on reverse. Extremely rare issue, Svoronos located four examples, all in museum collections (Alexandreia [2], Athens, Berlin), only one in CoinArchives, none in the Hüseyinli find.