132, Lot: 80. Estimate $100. Sold for $89. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe III, wife of Ptolemy IV. 51-30 BC. Æ Chalkon (13mm, 1.35 g). Paphos mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Double cornucopiae tied with fillet. Svoronos 1161; Weiser 96; SNG Copenhagen 650. VF, dark brown patina.

M. Kreuzer, in his book The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII and Augustus in Cyprus, assembles evidence pointing towards a later date for these small Ptolemaic bronzes, attributing them to Cleopatra VII.