Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 734. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes. 145-116 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (35mm, 25.55 gm, 12h). Cyprus mint? Diademed bust of Isis right / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt. Svoronos 1491; Weiser -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 694 (barbarian imitation). VF, brown patina, some corrosion. Rare. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.