CNG 88, Lot: 553. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.13 g, 12h). Kition mint. Dated RY 23 (159-158 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LKΓ (date) to left, KI to right. Svoronos 1370 & 1473; Paphos Hoard 9-10; SNG Copenhagen 591. Good VF, some light marks, tiny deposit on eye.