Triton XIX, Lot: 2102. Estimate $5000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Half Mnaieion – ‘Tetradrachm’ (20.5mm, 13.84 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 1118; Olivier & Lorber dies 1/– (unlisted rev. die); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 105 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 3425 = Goldberg 55, lot 106 = Goldberg 53, lot 1732 = Triton XI, lot 340 = Christie’s, 9 October 1984, lot 302 (same obv. die). Good VF, a few marks, minor edge bump. Extremely rare denomination, only two examples noted by Lorber.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 82 (27 March 1991), lot 490.