Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 498. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. Æ Dichalkon (14mm, 1.97 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 204-200 BC. Helmeted and draped bust of Ares(?) right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1156 (Ptolemy IV); Weiser 99; SNG Copenhagen 237 (Ptolemy IV). Good VF, brown patina, reverse a little off center. Rare.

From the Chris Blom Collection.