Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 909. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.11 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 6/5 (165/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; date to left, PA to right. Cf. Svoronos 1311; Paphos Hoard pl. XIV, A var. (date); SNG Copenhagen 616 var. (same). VF, toned.