Gaza Mint

456, Lot: 222. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.15 g, 12h). Gaza mint. Dated RY 37 (249/8 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΓA (mint) monogram above AN monogram; to right, ΛZ (date) above Z. CPE 695; Svoronos 833; SNG Copenhagen 459; DCA 17. Lightly toned, struck with worn obverse die. Near VF.