285, Lot: 153. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (34mm, 33.16 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 242/1-222 BC. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. Svoronos 965; SNG Copenhagen 173. Near EF, brown patina, deposits on reverse.