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Electronic Auction 402  26 Jul 2017
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Lot 353

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 170 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. Æ (11mm, 1.69 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Thrace. Struck 254-253 BC. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoe II right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos –; Arslan & Ozen Group III, 29–55 (O6/R9 [Ptolemy Keraunos]); SNG Copenhagen –. VF, brown surfaces, light deposits on obverse, slightly off center on reverse. Rare.

For the reattribution of this coinage to Ptolemy II, see S. Psoma, "Numismatic Evidence on the Ptolemaic Involvement in Thrace" in AJN 20 (2008).
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