369, Lot: 257. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). 116-107 BC. Æ Obol (20mm, 5.48 g, 12h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; silphium plant to left. Svoronos 1158 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 455 (Ptolemy VIII-Ptolemy Apion); Asolati 80 (Ptolemy VI-VIII). Near VF, brown patina.

For this attribution of this piece, see Dan Wolf’s website, www.ptolemybronze.com, who has been closely working with noted numismatic scholar, Catharine Lorber on the attribution of Ptolemaic bronze.