375, Lot: 48. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.18 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, some scattered marks, reverse struck somewhat off-center.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.