Triton XX, Lot: 383. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.08 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΠT above monogram; shield to right. Svoronos 534; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 86; Boston MFA –; Noeske –. VF, toned. Well centered. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.