Two Very Rare Cypriot Issues

176, Lot: 50. Estimate $300. Sold for $680. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). Second reign, 145-116 BC. Æ Drachm (45mm, 59.98 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cyprus (Salamis?). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Filleted double cornucopias; lotus to left. Svoronos 1640; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, brown surfaces, test cuts on obverse, slight bend in flan. Very rare.

From the Chris Blom Collection.

This coin was apparently overstruck on a Zeus-Ammon / Eagle left on thunderbolt type. Interestingly, that type is known almost exclusively on hemidrachms (Svoronos 1641b-ia; S