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Triton XIX, Lot: 329. Estimate $4000.
Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (42mm, 66.04 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Struck 230-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. Svoronos 964; Weiser 71; SNG Copenhagen 171–2; Noeske 117–9; Boston MFA –; Dewing –. Superb EF, dark brown patina. Artistic dies. An exceptional example of this massive bronze issue.


Ex Nomos FPL (with Classical Numismatic Group, Winter/Spring 2008), no. 67.