Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 571. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $920. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ 21mm (7.87 g, 1h). Orthoseia (Phoenicia) mint. Dated RY 2 (Phoenician; 36/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right; small X behind / Baal of Orthoseia in chariot drawn by two griffins right; [L]B (date) to left. Svoronos -; Baldus pl. 3, 5 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; RPC I 4501 (X not noted, but present in illustration). VF, dark green and brown patina, a little rough on reverse.