370, Lot: 217. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Tetrobol (39mm, 46.18 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 4. Struck 246-230. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, E between legs. Svoronos 974; Weiser 92 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 224–6 (Ptolemy IV); Noeske 155–8 (Ptolemy IV). Fine, even brown surfaces.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.