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Exceedingly Rare Tetradrachm

LOT 9245709

Estimate
GBP (£) 60 - 80
EUR (€) 69 - 93
USD ($) 80 - 107

Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Undated issue, struck circa 261/0 BC. Uncertain mint 16 in Asia Minor.

Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / [ΠΤΟ]ΛEΜΑΙOΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; in left field, Galatian shield with thunderbolt device. CPE 399; Svoronos 607, pl.xiv, 24; Meydancikkale 5198. 13.06gr, 27mm, 11h.

Very Fine. Exceedingtly rare emission with Galatian shield symbol . No other examples on CoinArchives.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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