406, Lot: 526. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.32 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 29 (142/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L KΘ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1441; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 54. Good VF, darkly toned.

From the George Bernert Collection.