Description
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Basileus of Ptolemaic Egypt 284-246 BC, Silver Tetradrachm (14.11g, 26mm, Ptolemaic Standard), regnal year ΛB (32), Tyre mint, Phoenica 254/3 BC. Obverse: Diademed head of King Ptolemy I Soter facing to the right, wearing aegis around neck. Reverse: Eagle stands facing to the left atop thunderbolt, wings closed, mintmark downward club below Tyre monogram “TYP” in left field, regnal year “ΛB” above “MA” monogram in right field, “MI” monogram below eagle, “[ΠΤ]ΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ” surrounds. Svoronos-668. Several contact marks and hairline scratches, particularly to obverse, otherwise a decent representation of early Ptolemaic coinage, the portrait of Ptolemy I quite faithful to his lifetime issues, Very Fine, reverse better.