383, Lot: 244. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. 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 (27mm, 13.90 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation. Uncertain mint imitating Ptolemaïs (Ake). Dated RY 34 (252/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram above ΛΕ; to right, ΛΔ (date) above Θ. Lorber,
Mint 8; Svoronos 778β and ζ; SNG Copenhagen 473 var. (ME monogram). VF, toned, light scratches and marks.
From the David Wray Collection. Ex George Fisher Collection, purchased from William Rosenblum with his ticket.