419, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.7mm, 11.29 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 9 (44/3 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I(?) right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; LΘ (date) over headdress of Isis to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1823 (Ptolemy XIII); SNG Copenhagen 403; Noeske 365-6 (with Ptolemy XV); DCA 70. Near VF, toned, some porosity.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection.