CNG 103, Lot: 412. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Kition mint. Dated RY 32 (139/8 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, LΛB (date) above aphlaston; KI to right. Svoronos 1583; SNG Copenhagen 597; DCA 53. EF, toned.