CNG 96, Lot: 597. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (25mm, 27.82 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. 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 / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber 36–53, dies 3/7; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; Boston MFA 2283; Kraay & Hirmer 803. VF, lightly smoothed on portrait, usual die rust and tiny die break on obverse.