PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285/4-246 BC). AV trichryson or triple stater (pentadrachm) (24mm, 17.72 gm, 2h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, ex-jewelry. Uncertain Mint 9, on Cyprus (Salamis or Citium), second Ptolemaic Period, from 294 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I Soter right, aegis tied around neck; dotted border / ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed; EY above ΣAP monogram in left field. Cf. CPE 220 (Ptolemy I, tetradrachm). cf. Svoronos 354 (Ptolemy II, tetradrachm). Unpublished. This issue is only known in silver. Ex Collection of a Philhellene (Heritage Auctions, Long Beach 3067, 6 September 2018), lot 30222; Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 43 (24 September 1997), lot 886

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