214, Lot: 229. Estimate $75. Sold for $92. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Marathos. 199/8-169/8 BC. Æ 19mm (6.08 g, 12h). Dated CY 87 (173/2 BC). Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI as Hermes right, with caduceus over shoulder / Marathos standing slightly left, holding aphlaston; date to left. Duyrat, Ateliers 252-5; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. BMC 21 (date). VF, earthen green patina.