Watch List notes:

Ptolemaic Empire, Ptolemy II (283-246 BC), silver stater (tetradrachm), Alexandria, later 260s-255/4 BC, diademed and veiled head of Arsinoe II right, lotus-sceptre over far shoulder; behind, Γ, rev., ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; Χ between eagle's legs, 14.16g, die axis 12.00 (CPE 378; Svoronos vol. IV, Addenda, 432a; Troxell p. 43 and pl. 5, 2, this piece), very fine and extremely rare, only one other example with this control mark known to Svoronos and Lorber (Dattari collection). Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen 54, 26 October 1978, lot 397.

(1000-1500 GBP)