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Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II. Tetradrachm.
285-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.21g (1h). Sidon, c. 265/4-262/1 BC. Obv: Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, aegis (off flan) knotted around neck. Rx: ΠTOΛEMAIOY - BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, in left field mintmark ΣI above encircled N, these marks engraved over an earlier mintmark ΣI. Meydancikkale pl. 141, 4665. Svoronos 718. A reverse die with the field marks similarly re-engraved, proving that the issue with marks ΣI above encircled N followed that with just ΣI, was first noticed by Davesne and Le Rider, Le trésor de Meydancikkale, Paris 1989, p. 268. At least three reverse dies underwent this alteration: (a) Meydancikkale 4664-5; (b) our coin and Freeman & Sear, MBS 15, 27 June 2008, lot 222; (c) Argenor 5, 29 April 2002, lot 126. Two further specimens, BM 35 and in trade (Rollin & Feuardent), were listed but not illustrated by Svoronos 718, who wrongly interpreted the recut field marks as deriving from double-striking. VF.
285-246 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.21g (1h). Sidon, c. 265/4-262/1 BC. Obv: Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, aegis (off flan) knotted around neck. Rx: ΠTOΛEMAIOY - BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, in left field mintmark ΣI above encircled N, these marks engraved over an earlier mintmark ΣI. Meydancikkale pl. 141, 4665. Svoronos 718. A reverse die with the field marks similarly re-engraved, proving that the issue with marks ΣI above encircled N followed that with just ΣI, was first noticed by Davesne and Le Rider, Le trésor de Meydancikkale, Paris 1989, p. 268. At least three reverse dies underwent this alteration: (a) Meydancikkale 4664-5; (b) our coin and Freeman & Sear, MBS 15, 27 June 2008, lot 222; (c) Argenor 5, 29 April 2002, lot 126. Two further specimens, BM 35 and in trade (Rollin & Feuardent), were listed but not illustrated by Svoronos 718, who wrongly interpreted the recut field marks as deriving from double-striking. VF.