362, Lot: 222. Estimate $75. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. Æ Tritartemorion (17mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Diademed and draped bust right of Berenike II / Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt; [EY] to left. Svoronos 1056; Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske 131. VF, dark green patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits. Rotated double strike.

Per Cathy Lorber, the mint is probably either Ras Ibn Hani (Lorber) or Seleucia in Pieria (Weiser).