452, Lot: 484. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.22 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 274 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram. CPE 561; Svoronos 644; SNG Copenhagen 482–3. A few light marks and scratches. Good VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Pegasi, 10 January 2008.