269, Lot: 185. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 27 (144/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; L KI (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1502; SNG Copenhagen 325 (Alexandreia); Paphos Hoard -; DCA 51. VF, lightly toned, light porosity.