CNG 105, Lot: 451. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. AV Half Mnaieion – ‘Tetradrachm’ (21mm, 13.87 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 272-261/0 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; AΔEΛΦΩN above, shield to left / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled; ΘEΩN above. Svoronos 604; Olivier & Lorber obv. die 9; SNG Copenhagen 133; Noeske 38; Boston MFA 2275; Dewing 2753-4. Superb EF, underlying luster.

Ex Heritage 3035 (3 September 2014), lot 28124 (hammer $10,000); Roma VI (29 September 2013), lot 679.