Rare Ptolemy VIII Oktobol

379, Lot: 181. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ Oktobol (42mm, 82.85 g, 12h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; Φ to right. Svoronos 1641; Asolati 84; SNG Copenhagen 651. VF, brown surfaces. Rare.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.