CNG 88, Lot: 565. Estimate $500. 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, 14.09 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 31 (140-139 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LΛA (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1504; Paphos Hoard -; SNG Copenhagen 623. Near EF, minor die wear and flan flaws on obverse.