Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 501. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. Æ Drachm (33mm, 26.24 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 197-183/2 BC. Wreathed and draped bust of Isis right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1233; Weiser 129; SNG Copenhagen 246. Good VF, brown surfaces, slight die shift and die break on obverse.

From the Chris Blom Collection.