Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 469. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (35mm, 33.45 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 245-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, monogram between legs. Svoronos 965; Weiser 72; SNG Copenhagen 173-5. EF, red-brown patina.