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CNG 85, Lot: 540. Estimate $7500.
Sold for $7600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (26mm, 27.78 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Commemorative issue struck under Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / Radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. Svoronos 1117; SNG Copenhagen 196. Good VF, underlying luster, light bump on jaw, usual minor die rust.