CNG 84, Lot: 763. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (42mm, 67.06 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 245-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, chi-rho monogram between legs. Svoronos 964; Weiser 71; SNG Copenhagen 171. EF, brown patina, surfaces lightly tooled.