149, Lot: 133. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. Æ 21mm (6.31 g). Alexandria mint. Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant’s skin headdress / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open; monogram before. Svoronos 1381; SNG Copenhagen 276-7. Good VF, blue-green and brown patina.

From the Chris Blom Collection.