348, Lot: 90. Estimate $75. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ Trihemiobol (32mm, 18.80 g, 12h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with open wings standing right on thunderbolt; K before. Svoronos 1649 (Alexandreia); Weiser 166 (Alexandreia); SNG Copenhagen 654 (Uncertain mint in Cyprus); Noeske 284-5 (Indeterminate mint in Cyprus); Asolati 92. Fine, porous brown patina with green highlights.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 125.

CNG is pleased to offer a large selection of Ptolemaic coins from the J. P. Righetti Collection. This group of coins is mostly comprised of diverse varieties of bronze issues from the beginning to the end of the Ptolemaic kingdom. The classification of many Ptolemaic bronze issues has been highly debated among numismatists, often with researchers publishing highly divergent attributions to various kings, and also in the naming of the denominations used. For this selection, we generally followed the attributions and denominations given on Dan Wolf’s website, www.ptolemybronze.com, who has been closely working with noted numismatic scholar, Catharine Lorber. The first of Cathy’s books on the Ptolemaic coinage, which will supplant the long outdated Svoronos, is imminently forthcoming, and we would like to thank her for reviewing this special offering. Her conclusions regarding each coin’s issuer, denomination, and mint are followed herein.