CNG 87, Lot: 705. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII. Coregency, 170-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 5 (166-165 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LE (date) to left, ΠΛ to right. Svoronos 1311; SNG Copenhagen 615; Noeske -. Near EF, bright surfaces, minor flan flaw on obverse.