Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 511. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. Æ Penthemiobol (22mm, 7.43 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 180-176 BC. Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant's skin headdress / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 1381; Weiser 149; SNG Copenhagen 276-277. Good VF, red-brown and green patina, small edge split. Rare.

From the Chris Blom Collection.