375, Lot: 47. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.15 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 2 (245 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, B (date) above I; M between legs. Svoronos 1013 var. (letter between legs); SNG Copenhagen 499 var. (same); DCA 30. VF, lightly toned.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 772.