Triton XIX, Lot: 328. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.17 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 246-242/1 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia in left field. Svoronos 1001; SNG Copenhagen 167–8; Boston MFA –; Noeske 116. Superb EF, toned. Well centered and struck.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 860524 (December 2009).