Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 960. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X (Alexander). 107-101 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.09 gm). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 11 of Cleopatra and 8 of Ptolemy (107/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LIA/H (dates) to left, PA to right. Svoronos 1727; SNG Copenhagen 358. VF, toned, area of light roughness on obverse. ($150)

Ptolemy dated his regnal years from the date of his appointment as governor of Cyprus in 113 BC.