Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 958. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes. 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.78 gm). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 53 (118/7 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LNG (date) to left, PA to right. Svoronos 1660; SNG Copenhagen 348; Nicolau & Mørkholm 139 (same reverse die). VF, toned, light scratches, flan flaw on edge. ($300)