CNG 99, Lot: 393. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.56 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 53 (118/7 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LNΓ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1529; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; DCA 54. Good VF, toned, light mark on cheek, a couple small deposits on reverse.

Ex CNG Inventory 187168 (September 2003).