Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 727. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V. 205-180 BC. AR Didrachm (7.06 gm). Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Draped bust of Ptolemy as Dionysos right, thyrsos over shoulder / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1793b, pl. 45, 26 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 637. Toned, nice VF. Rare. ($400)

Rare plate coin from the venerable Svoronos work on Ptolemaic coinage.