250, Lot: 182. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.14 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 180-170 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1489; SNG Copenhagen 262-8. VF, toned, porous obverse.

From the MIT Collection.