386, Lot: 365. Estimate $200. Sold for $613. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.20 g, 13h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 6 (176/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; Lς (date) to left, Π to right. Svoronos –; Mørkholm & Kromann 37 (A9/P32); SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 40. VF, lightly toned, area of flat strike. Extremely rare date for Paphos, only one noted by Mørkholm & Kromann (in Bucharest), one in the collection of Ed Cohen, none in CoinArchives.