Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 569. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. 180-145 BC. AR Didrachm (6.86 g, 12h). Arados mint. Dated CY 100 (160/59 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; P (date) on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1209-15 var. (date); Mørkholm, Ptolemaic 175-245 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 550-5 var. (same); Lanz 132, lot 264 (same obv. die). VF, toned. Rare denomination, the second known with this date.