Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 488. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246. Æ Hemiobol (21mm, 7.90 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 266-265 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 416; Weiser 35; SNG Copenhagen 159. Near EF, brown patina, small die break on obverse.

From the Chris Blom Collection.