Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 582. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II. 285-246 BC. AV Tetradrachm (13.83 gm, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck after 265 BC. ADELFWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind / QEWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled. Svoronos 604; BMC Ptolemies pg. 40, 3; SNG Copenhagen 133. Good VF. ($3000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Ponterio 117 (18-19 January 2002), lot 133.