178, Lot: 54. Estimate $200. Sold for $248. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. Æ Hemiobol (20mm, 8.72 g). Ake-Ptolemais mint(?). Struck 224-222 BC. Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1055; cf. Caltabiano,
Berenice 8; Weiser 84; SNG Copenhagen 460. VF, black patina with some orangish earthen highlights.
From the Gregory Conlin Collection.