CNG 105, Lot: 454. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V or Ptolemy VI. 204-180 BC or 180-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 1429 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1231 and 1489; SNG Copenhagen 244–5 and 262–8. EF, deeply toned, flan crack, some deposits.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXIV (6 May 1995), lot 239.