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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2735385, member: 76086&quot;]I am sure we all have coins that we bought by mistake.&nbsp; This one below I got, well, I dont know how.&nbsp; I bid early and low (below the estimate or so I thought), but was surprised to see it hammer for $475.&nbsp; It may be that I meant to bid $175, I have no idea.&nbsp; But, its mine now, though I have little interest in the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]623230[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>258, Lot: 241.</b> Estimate $150.</p><p>Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra III &amp; Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). </b>116-107 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 9 (109/8 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LΘ (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1670; SNG Copenhagen 353. Good VF, some scratches on the obverse, light deposits in the devices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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