402, Lot: 353. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (11mm, 1.69 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Thrace. Struck 254-253 BC. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoe II right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos –; Arslan & Ozen Group III, 29–55 (O6/R9 [Ptolemy Keraunos]); SNG Copenhagen –. VF, brown surfaces, light deposits on obverse, slightly off center on reverse. Rare.

For the reattribution of this coinage to Ptolemy II, see S. Psoma, “Numismatic Evidence on the Ptolemaic Involvement in Thrace” in AJN 20 (2008).