452, Lot: 492. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 11.24 g, 12h). Kition mint. Dated RY 33 (138/7 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, L ΛΓ (date) above helmet, KI to right. Svoronos 1587; SNG Copenhagen 599; DCA 53. Lightly toned, porous and rough surfaces. Good VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection.