Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 380. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V. 205-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.88 gm). Phoenician mint. Circa 202-200 BC. Diademed bust right / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; B left, NI between legs. Svoronos 1277; Mørkholm, Portrait Issue XIV (A19/P41); BMC Ptolemies pg. 74, 64 (Alexandria mint); SNG Copenhagen 529 var. Toned good VF, porous. ($750)