437, Lot: 212. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). Coregency, 170-163 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.47 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 5 (166/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LE (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1311; Olivier 1979–85 var. (unlisted dies); Mørkholm & Kromann 51–3 var. (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 615; DCA 43. Good VF, a few light marks. Very rare, only seven examples recorded by Olivier.