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406, Lot: 522. Estimate $150.
Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Obol (27mm, 17.12 g, 3h). Imitative issue. Uncertain mint in Sicily, under Hieron II of Syracuse. Struck after 265/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left, [N to right]. Svoronos 619; Wolf & Lorber, ‘Western Greek’ Style, Subgroup 2, H35 (A17/P27 – this coin); SNG Copenhagen 116. VF, dark green-brown surfaces, a few cleaning marks.