Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 499. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. Æ Hemiobol (17mm, 3.55 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 204-200 BC. Ram standing right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; star to left. Svoronos 1243; Weiser 100; SNG Copenhagen 456 (Barke mint). Fine, even brown surfaces with spots of green encrustation. Rare.

From the Chris Blom Collection.