Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 722. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003. Sold For $1430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II. 285-246 BC. AV Tetradrachm (13.48 gm). Struck after 265 BC. Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind their heads / Conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 604; SNG Copenhagen 133. Near VF, shallow test cut on obverse. ($1000)
From the Charles E. Weber Collection.