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Coin Type: Silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt, 285-246 BCE
Mint and Date: Tyre, 276-275 BCE
Size and Weight: 23mm x 26mm, 13.94g
Obverse: Head of Ptolemy I Soter right.
Reverse: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ
Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, H (= year 8) and club (= Tyre mint) to left.
Ref: Svoronos 637; Newell plate II, 4
Provenance: biggyg2 (eBay), July 2004
BW Ref: 001 028 015
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