PTOLEMY II SILVER TETRADRACHM – ISSUE OF SIDON DATED 256/5 BC – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 20357)

$650.00

20357. EGYPT. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. PTOLEMY II, 285/4-246 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 14.08 g, 27 mm. Issue of Sidon, dated Year 30 (256/5 BC).
Obv. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, with aegis around neck. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, ΣI (for Sidon) above MT monogram in left field, Λ (date) in right field.
CPE 520; Svoronos 732.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, “graffito.”