343, Lot: 273. Estimate $200. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.17 g, 12h). Salamis mint. Dated RY 11 (171/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, headdress of Isis above LIA (date); to right, star above ΣA. Svoronos –; Mørkholm & Kromann 64 (A15/P41); SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 41. VF, cleaning marks. Extremely rare, Mørkholm & Kromann recorded only one example with these control marks.