178, Lot: 50. Estimate $200. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (35mm, 32.55 g). Alexandreia mint. Struck 245-222 BC. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia before, chi-rho monogram between legs. Svoronos 965; Weiser 72; SNG Copenhagen 173. Good VF, orangish-brown patina with some encrustations, light roughness.
From the Gregory Conlin Collection.