Extremely Rare Side Mint Tetradrachm

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1359. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.24 g, 1h). Side mint(?). Diademed head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; pomegranate to left, ΠA and NK monograms to right. Svoronos 910 = BMC pl. XXXII, 5 = Hunterian 72 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -; Boston MFA -. VF, lightly toned, scattered light marks under tone. Extremely rare.