407, Lot: 229. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (13mm, 2.02 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, 17–27 (O6/R7 [Ptolemy Keraunos]); SNG Copenhagen –. VF, dark green-brown surfaces, deposits. 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).