375, Lot: 39. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. 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, 13.74 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 33 (253 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above club; to right, ΛΓ (date) above monogram; monogram between legs. Svoronos 677; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 20. Near VF, overcleaned, with numerous scratches.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.