375, Lot: 40. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 39 (247 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, ΛΘ (date) above B; Θ between legs. Svoronos 700; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 20. VF, find patina.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.