Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 496. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 225-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.55 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Jugate busts of Zeus Serapis, laureate and draped, and Isis, wreathed and draped right; small cap of Osiris above Serapis, globe and horns above Isis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, DI between legs. Svoronos 1124; SNG Copenhagen 197-198. EF, find patina, minor porosity. Rare and choice for issue.