Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 724. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ Obol (22mm, 9.63 gm, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck 249-246 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; club to left. Svoronos 708; Weiser 55; SNG Copenhagen 495. EF, exceptional dark green and red-brown patina. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.