CNG 100, Lot: 1608. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 285-261/0 BC. 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. EF, hairline flan crack.