141, Lot: 102. Estimate $75. Sold for $53. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. Æ 23mm (12.01 g). Alexandria mint. Struck 173-171 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; lotus before, ELU between eagle’s legs. Svoronos 1398; SNG Copenhagen 294. Near VF, green patina, a little rough.

The letters ELU are the first letters of Eulaios, regent jointly with Lenaios during part of the minority years of Ptolemy VI.