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Lot 3706    SESSION 12 (Friday at 11.30am)    Sasanian Coins

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au

EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, Philadelphos, (285-246 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, Gaza mint, struck year 37 = 249-248 B.C., (14.082 grams), obv. head of Ptolemy to right with aegis, rev. eagle to left on thunderbolt with closed wings, to left **GA* above **L*V monogram, to right **LZ/Z*, around **[PTOLEM]AIOU SWTHROS*, (cf.S.7776 [£250], Sv.833, SNG Cop.459, BMC 141, Meydancikkale 4030). Toned, slightly off centred, good very fine and rare.

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 79 (lot 3521) and previously from Spink & Son with ticket and listed and illustrated in the Spink Numismatic Circular September 1994 (No.5446).

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