Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AE 25mm (13.74g). Sicilian mint.  SNG Copenhagen 116

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Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AE 25mm (13.74g). Uncertain mint in Sicily. Struck under Hieron II of Syracuse, circa 264–263 BC. Obv.: laureate head of Zeus right; dotted border. Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΕMAIOY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; shield to left, N to lower right; linear border. CPE B296; Svoronos 619; Wolf & Lorber, ‘West Greek’ Style, Subgroup 2, H31–H36 var. (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 116. VF.