Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 998. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ 17mm (3.51 g, 12h). Chalkis (Syria) mint. Dated Egyptian RY 21 and Phoenician RY 6 (32/1 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Athena advancing left, holding shield and spear; [KA and ς (dates) in legend]. Svoronos 1887; SNG Copenhagen -; RPC 4773; Rouvier 439 (Berytos). Good VF, earthen black-green patina.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.