229, Lot: 239. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (26mm, 14.50 g, 11h). Salamis mint. Struck under the regency of Eulaios, circa 176-170 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; lotus to left, EYΛ between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor. Svoronos 1399-1401; Weiser 153-4; SNG Copenhagen 294-5. VF, earthen black patina.