Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 B.C. AR tetradrachm (27.8 mm, 13.20 g, 11 h). Tyre mint, struck 279 B.C. diademed head of Ptolemy I right with aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, H ( = yr. 8 = 279 B.C. ) above club. Svoronos 637; SNG Copenhagen 478.
From the D. Thomas Collection.