434, Lot: 156. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 142.1 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Struck RY 37 (249/8 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt, ΣI above ΔI on left, ΛI on right. CPE 539 (same obv. die as illustration); Svoronos 751; SNG Copenhagen -. Good Fine, metal flaw, scrape on obverse, slightly wavy flan.