294, Lot: 172. Estimate $200. Sold for $611. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V or Ptolemy VI. 204-180 BC or 180-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1231 and 1489; SNG Copenhagen 244-5 and 262-8; Noeske 176-7 and 192-3. Good VF, toned, some roughness on obverse.

Ex Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011), lot 199; Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part III, J. Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909), lot 3201.