PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (34mm, 35.87 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagles standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. Svoronos 965; Weiser 72; SNG Copenhagen 173-5. Good VF, green and brown patina, collector’s ink mark on reverse.
From the C. W. Pearson Collection.
