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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 781

Estimate: 10 000 USD
Price realized: 15 000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AV Trichryson – 'Pentadrachm' (23.5mm, 17.77 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 285-261/0 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, O above vertical club. Svoronos 639; CNG 84, lot 756 = Morton & Eden (23 November 2004), lot 680 (same obv. die); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, lustrous, a touch of die wear, a couple light marks in field on reverse. Extremely rare issue, Svoronos located four examples, all in museum collections (Alexandreia [2], Athens, Berlin), only one in CoinArchives, none in the Hüseyinli find.

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