PTOLEMY II SILVER TETRADRACHM – ISSUE OF ALEXANDRIA WITH SUPERB PORTRAIT – AU STAR 5/5 5/5 NGC GRADED GREEK PTOLEMAIC COIN (Inv. 20078)

$5,400.00

20078. EGYPT. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. PTOLEMY II, 285/4–246 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 14.08 g, 28 mm. Issue of Alexandria, possibly in 282 BC, the first year of Ptolemy II’s sole reign.
Obv. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, with aegis around neck. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, Σ control monogram in left field.
CPE 277; Svoronos 548.
Ex WTR Collection, Heritage 3094, 8/19/2021, lot 34145; Heritage 3038, 1/13/2015, lot 33141; Stack’s, 8/24/1976, lot 1603.
NGC graded AU STAR, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5, colorful iridescent highlights on the obverse, with a high–relief expressive portrait of Ptolemy I.