398, Lot: 346. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. Æ Chalkous(?) (14.5mm, 1.87 g, 1h). Uncertain mint on Cyprus. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; lotus flower to left, star to right. Svoronos –; cf. Paphos II 173 (left field control not clear); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, black patina. Extremely rare.