PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285/4-246 BC). AE diobol (31mm, 23.33 gm, 12h). About VF, die shift. Uncertain mint 26, in Caria on in Cyprus. Horned head of Zeus right; dotted border / ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae bound with royal diadem over shoulders; dotted border. CPE B365 (same dies). Svoronos 760. Ex Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection; Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 344 (12 February 2015), lot 194 (incorrectly attributed to Svoronos 790)
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