450, Lot: 258. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.09 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; [control marks to left]. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 111. Peripheral toning, rough surfaces, a few scratches and deposit on reverse. Good Fine. Rare denomination for period.

Ex WCM Collection of Ptolemaic Coinage; Stephen M. Huston 152 (17 June 1997), lot 38.