407, Lot: 230. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. 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 (26.5mm, 13.33 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. VF, toned, flan crack, some cleaning marks.

From the B. H. Webb Collection.