406, Lot: 530. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). Restored, 55-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.74 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 2 (80/79 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LB (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1848; SNG Copenhagen 377; DCA 69. VF, darkly toned.

From the George Bernert Collection.