383, Lot: 250. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.42 g, 12h). Salamis mint. Dated RY 49 (122/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, L ΜΘ (date) above diademed petasos, ΣA to right. Svoronos 1562; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; DCA 52. Fine, toned, scratches, flan flaw on eagle’s head and neck.

From the David Wray Collection.