318, Lot: 341. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ (32mm, 15.75 g, 11h). Kyrene mint. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread. Svoronos 1653; Weiser –; Noeske 286-8; SNG Copenhagen –; Asolati 94; Buttrey, Coins 282. Fine, brown patina, light porosity and scratches.

From the Browndyke Collection.

Previously attributed to an “Uncertain mint in Cyprus,” hoard and find spot evidence have now firmly placed this type to Kyrene.