CNG 97, Lot: 421. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (26.5mm, 27.78 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber 239, dies 5/8 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076 (same dies); Jameson 1817 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 803. Good VF, underlying luster, light bump on jaw, usual minor die rust.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 540.