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Auction: 1009 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 415

Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II (285-246 BC), AV Tetradrachm, 13.88g, Alexandria, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II, diademed and draped, and Arsinoe II, diademed and veiled, right, shield behind, aΔeΛΦΩn above, rev. ΘeΩn, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I, diademed and draped, and Berenike I, diademed and veiled, right (SNG Copenhagen 133; Svoronos 604), a few raw spots from spade damage, struck on an unusually broad flan, about extremely fine Estimate £ 1,200-1,500

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