Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 749. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II. AD 247-249. BI Tetradrachm (14.68 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (AD 249). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Draped bust of Nilus right, wearing grain ear wreath; to right, cornucopia containg figure left, holding wreath; date across field. Köln -; Dattari 5058; Emmett 3600.7. Near EF. Rare.