185, Lot: 138. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). Second reign, 145-116 BC. Æ 29mm (20.09 g, 1h). Contemporary imitation. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Cf. Svoronos 1492; cf. SNG Copenhagen 333. Near VF, red-brown patina, weakly struck obverse. Interesting imitation.
From the Gregory Conlin Collection.