398, Lot: 344. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. 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 (24.5mm, 13.55 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation of Ake-Ptolemais mint issue dated RY 32 (254/3 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, AB above Θ. Lorber,
Mint 6; Svoronos 776; SNG Copenhagen –. VF, some roughness, weakly struck obverse, off center on reverse.