425, Lot: 246. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ (30.5mm, 20.50 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 7. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1424B (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Lorber & Faucher Series 7C. Near VF, dark brown surfaces, with patches of green and tan.