Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4697 SESSION 12 (7.00PM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
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SOLD $330
EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, (285-246 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (Lorber describes as a stater), (14.10 g), Tyre mint, issued prior to 274 B.C, obv. head of Ptolemy I to right wearing aegis, **D* behind head, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, in front club and O above, plain between legs around **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU*, (S.7837, CTE 558, Sv.640, BMC 78, cf.SNG Cop 477). Bright, very fine and rare.
Ex Dieter Gorny Munich, December 10, 1994 in New York.
Sear notes that the **SW* on the reverse probably refers to Sosibios the chief minister of Ptolemy IV.
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