Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 967. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XV (Caesarion). 37-30 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.70 gm). Alexandria mint. Dated year 1 (37/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm over shoulder; star, LA and headdress of Isis to left, PA to right. Svoronos 1816; SNG Copenhagen 412. VF, darkly toned. Very rare. ($500)

Caesarion, son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, ruled jointly with his mother until her death in 30 BC. He attempted to flee Egypt as Octavian approached, but was betrayed and executed.