Watch List notes:

EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy II, Philadelphos, (285-246 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, Sidon mint, struck 266-265 B.C. (Davesne & Le Rider chronology based on Meydancikkale Hoard), (13.792 grams), obv. head of Ptolemy to right with aegis, dotted border, rev. eagle to left on thunderbolt with closed wings, to left **SI*, around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, (cf.S.7772, CPE 505a, Sv.713 [Pl.XX, 1,2], SNG Cop 506-7 (pl.XVII], BMC 32, Meydancikkale 4699ff.). Very fine and very scarce.

Ex Dieter Gorny (Gorny and Mosch) in New York, 10th December 1994.