Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 747. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V. 205-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.01 gm). Sidon mint. Struck circa 202-200 BC. Diademed bust of Ptolemy IV right / PTOLEMAIOU FILOPATOROS, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; SI to left, W above S to right. Svoronos -; Mørkholm, Portrait -; SNG Copenhagen -. Toned, good VF, spots of die rust on reverse. Apparently unpublished and unique. ($5000)