Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 748. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II. AD 247-249. BI Tetradrachm (12.03 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 248/9). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Laureate and draped bust of Zeus right; date across field. Köln 2804; Emmett 3612.6. Near EF. Reverse struck with dies of fine style.