449, Lot: 235. Estimate $150. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Kition mint. Dated RY 34 (137/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, LΛΔ (date) above aphlaston; KI to right. Svoronos 1591; Olivier 1409–14; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 53. Toned, double struck on reverse, edge marks from prior bezel. VF. Very rare, only six noted by Olivier, all in public collections; only one in CoinArchives.