378, Lot: 239. Estimate $100. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Dated RY 2 (246/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, mint monogram above ligate ME; to right, B (date) above A. Svoronos 1035; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 29 corr. (CNG coin referenced for year 2 is actually a coin of year 3). VF, lightly toned, scratches and marks, obverse slightly off center. Rare.