Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1362. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 225-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.69 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Jugate busts of Zeus-Sarapis, laureate and draped, and Isis, wreathed and draped right; small cap of Osiris above Sarapis, globe and horns above Isis / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, ΔI between legs. Svoronos 1124; SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284. Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, minor porosity, light cleaning marks under tone.