Triton XVI, Lot: 599. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 230-222 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1001; SNG Copenhagen 167–8; Noeske 116. Near EF, attractive light toning, a few light marks. Well centered on a broad flan.