CNG 103, Lot: 404. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 202-200 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; NI to right, ΔI between legs. Svoronos 1297; Mørkholm, Portrait, pl. 23, 12 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 505. VF, lightly toned, slightly off center, a couple small scratches on reverse. Rare.