CNG 87, Lot: 704. Estimate $500. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy V-VI. 205-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.71 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1231 and 1489; SNG Copenhagen 244-5 and 262-8; Noeske 176-7 and 192-3. Good VF, hairline flan crack, minor edge flaw. Well centered and struck.