Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 999. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ 17mm (3.59 g, 12h). Chalkis (Syria) mint. Dated Egyptian RY 21 and Phoenician RY 6 (32/1 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Nike advancing right, holding palm; [KA and ς (dates) in legend]; all within wreath. Svoronos 1888; SNG Copenhagen -; RPC 4772; Rouvier 438 (Berytos). Good VF, black-green patina with earthen encrustation.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.