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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 955. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. 
Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. 180-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.32 gm). Arados mint. Dated CY 88 (172/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; PH (date) to left. Svoronos 1110; Mørkholm, Ptolemaic 136-138 (A29/P97); SNG Copenhagen 546. Lustrous EF. ($750)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

The portrait of Ptolemy I in the later issues from Arados becomes increasingly crude.