Superb Arados Mint Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 908. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.33 g, 12h). Arados mint. Dated CY 89 (171/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; PQ (date) to left. Svoronos 1111; Mørkholm, Ptolemaic 153 (obv. die A35); cf. SNG Copenhagen 547. Superb EF, beautiful iridescent toning.