376, Lot: 269. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (43mm, 72.09 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Struck 230-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / 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. Good VF, dark green and brown patina, some roughness.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 890.