Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 422. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.16 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 31 (255/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; SI above DI to left, AL (date) above monogram to right. Svoronos 736; SNG Copenhagen 513 (same obv. die); Meydancikkale 4704-4706 (same obv. die). VF. Choice centering and strike. ($300)