136, Lot: 83. Estimate $200. Sold for $221. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XV (Caesarion). 37-30 BC. Æ 27mm (12.91 g). Alexandria mint. Laureate head of Zeus right; c/m: star(?) / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt. BMC Ptolemies pg. 124, 1 (var.); SNG Copenhagen -; Svoronos -. Fine, dark green patina. Rare.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Superior (1-2 October 2001), lot 1064.

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,