353, Lot: 212. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Tetrobol (39mm, 42.63 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 4. Struck 246-230 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, head right, with filleted cornucopia over shoulder; EP monogram between legs. Svoronos 974 var. (E between legs); Weiser 92 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 227-9 (Ptolemy IV); Noeske 159-164 (Ptolemy IV). VF, reddish-brown patina, some red and green encrustation on reverse.