373, Lot: 194. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.97 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 2 (51/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; LB (date) over headdress of Isis to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1817 (Ptolemy XIII); SNG Copenhagen 398; DCA 70. VF, toned, off center.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.