CNG 88, Lot: 561. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Paphos 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, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1435; Paphos Hoard 4; SNG Copenhagen 619. Good VF, a little die rust, minor flan flaws on reverse.