CNG 97, Lot: 416. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I or II. 305-282 BC or 285-246 BC. AR Quarter Ma’ah – Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.18 g, 1h). Jerusalem mint. Struck circa 295/4-282 BC or 261/0-246 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; Aramaic YH[...] to left. Gitler & Lorber II, Group 5, 6 and 7, or Group 8, 16; cf. Meshorer 32–32b; cf. Hendin 1087. VF, find patina.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.