334, Lot: 184. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ (22mm, 7.24 g, 12h). Uncertain Cypriot mint. Dated RY 32 (138 BC). Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; [Λ]B and lotus flower before. Svoronos – (but cf. 1621-32 for dated series); SNG Copenhagen –; Weiser –. Near VF, dark brown patina. Possibly unrecorded for this year.