Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 497. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. Æ Hemiobol (18mm, 3.60 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 204-200 BC. Helmeted and draped bust of Ares(?) right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia over shoulder. Svoronos 1155 (Ptolemy IV); cf. Weiser 99 (dichalkon); SNG Copenhagen 235-236 (Ptolemy IV). VF, brown patina, minor roughness. Rare.

From the Chris Blom Collection.