Triton XX, Lot: 387. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AV Drachm (15.5mm, 4.25 g, 11h). Attic standard. Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy III, circa 242/1-222. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing necklace / BAΣIΛΣΣHΣ BEPENIKHΣ, filleted cornucopia; stars flanking. Svoronos 980; van Driessche dies D1/R– (unlisted rev. die); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 3419 (same obv. die); Boston MFA –; Gulbenkian 1074; Jameson –; Noeske –. Near EF, a few light marks.