259, Lot: 173. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.79 g, 12h). Kition mint. Dated RY 33 (138/7 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, LΛΓ (date) above helmet, KI to right. Svoronos 1587; SNG Copenhagen 599; Paphos Hoard 92-100. Good VF, toned, old scratches and marks under tone.