CNG 103, Lot: 407. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V or Ptolemy VI. 204-180 BC or 180-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1231 and 1489; SNG Copenhagen 244–5 and 262–8; Boston MFA 2290–2; Noeske 176–7 and 192–3. EF, lightly toned, small pit in field on reverse. Nice metal.