CNG 87, Lot: 708. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. 180-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.19 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 21 (161-160 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LKA (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1433; Paphos Hoard 3; SNG Copenhagen 617; Noeske -. Near EF, bright surfaces.