406, Lot: 529. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy X Alexander I. 101-88 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.19 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 19 (96/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LIΘ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1679; SNG Copenhagen 368; DCA 68. VF, darkly toned, area of flat strike.

From the George Bernert Collection.