88, Lot: 79. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.67 gm). Ioppe mint. Dated year 33 (253/2 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt;
IOPmonogram above M over T monogram in left field;
LG (date) above
Q in right field. Svoronos 804; cf. SNG Copenhagen 463 (lower monogram left). Fine, light porosity, banker's mark on obverse.