Ptolemaic Empire, Ptolemy II (283-246 BC), gold trichryson (pentadrachm), Tyre, c. 275/4 BC, diademed head of Ptolemy I right, rev., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, H and club, 17.82g, die axis 12.00 (CPE 555; Svoronos 636, pl. 19, 8), some marks and graffiti including cruciform countermark before portrait, otherwise good very fine and rare
(1500-2000 GBP)