319, Lot: 139. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Chalkous (12mm, 1.21 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck 243-222 BC. Deified head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, monogram between legs. Svoronos 971; Weiser 78; SNG Copenhagen 188. Near VF, earthen black patina. Very rare denomination.