160, Lot: 97. Estimate $100. Sold for $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. Æ Diobol (19mm, 7.22 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 180-176/170 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left. Svoronos 1426 (Ptolemy VI); Weiser 143; SNG Copenhagen 311-320 (Ptolemy VI). Near EF, brown patina, traces of porosity.

From the Chris Blom Collection.