CNG 102, Lot: 662. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (26mm, 27.74 g, 11h). 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 dies 5/8; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; BMC 103 = GPCG pl. 34, 24; Bement 1851; Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076 (same dies); Jameson 1817 (same dies); Pozzi 3239 (same rev. die); Kraay & Hirmer 803. EF, underlying luster, usual minor die rust.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.