435, Lot: 175. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.59 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, late 260s-255/4 BC. Head right with ram’s horn, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, Z to left / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; X between legs. CPE 386; Svoronos 456; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 2; SNG Copenhagen 140. Fine, toned, patches of find patina, some roughness, test cut on edge. Rare.