CNG 100, Lot: 1609. Estimate $15000. Sold for $23000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (26mm, 27.83 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 36–53, dies 3/7; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; BMC 103 = GPCG pl. 34, 24 (same dies); Bement 1851 (same dies); Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076; Jameson 1817; Kraay & Hirmer 803. Choice EF, underlying luster, almost none of the typical die rust on obverse. Well centered and struck.