355, Lot: 225. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.67 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 37 (134/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; L ΛI (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1510; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; BMC 63; DCA 54. Good VF, some roughness, deposits on the reverse, numerous cleaning scratches.