Extremely Rare Ptolemy II Bronze

386, Lot: 344. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Diobol (30mm, 24.64 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Post-Reform, Series 3. Struck circa 261/0-246. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagles with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; ME monogram between legs,Θ below tail. Svoronos 466; Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen –. Near VF, dark brown patina, minor smoothing. Extremely rare, according to Ptolemaic bronze researcher Daniel Wolf, only four examples of this issue are documented.