CNG 87, Lot: 707. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. 180-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.09 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 19 (163-162 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LIΘ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1431; Paphos Hoard 2; SNG Copenhagen 616; Noeske -. Near EF, bright surfaces.