Rare Oktobol

425, Lot: 248. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ Oktobol (45mm, 43.94 g, 12h). Kyrene mint. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle with wings spread standing right on thunderbolt; Φ to right. Svoronos 1641; Asolati 84; SNG Copenhagen 651. Near VF, brown patina, roughness and deposits. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 266 (19 October 2011), lot 206.