Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 487. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II. 285-246 BC. AV Pentadrachm (17.81 gm). Diademed bust right, wearing aegis; small D behind ear / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ST and monogram before. Svoronos 367=Mionnet VI pg. 2, 6; cf. SNG Copenhagen 106. EF, light die rust, light graffiti in reverse field. Extremely rare; only one specimen cited by Svoronos. (See color enlargement on plate 2.) ($6000)