Triton XIX, Lot: 2101. Estimate $10000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – ‘Oktadrachm’ (26mm, 27.80 g, 11h). 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 dies 3/8; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; BMC 103 = GPCG pl. 34, 24 (same obv. die); Bement 1851 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076; Jameson 1817; Pozzi 3239 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 803. EF, attractively toned, with red hues, underlying luster. Well centered and struck.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions VII (4 May 1989), lot 96.