Rare Kyrenaica Didrachm

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 882. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AR Didrachm (6.79 g, 7h). Kyrene mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Club; monogram below, caduceus to right; all within wreath. Caltabiano, Berenice, pl. I, 3 var. (control marks); SNG Copenhagen 430 corr. (attribution). Near VF, cleaning marks. Very rare.