354, Lot: 261. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.98 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 39 (132/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; L ΛΘ (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1513; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; DCA 54. Good VF, deposits, cleaning scratches and graffiti.