Rare Laureate Zeus Obverse

386, Lot: 348. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Diobol (31mm, 20.96 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 4. Struck 246-230 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, head right, with filleted cornucopia over shoulder; Λ between legs. Svoronos 1168; Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –. Near VF, brown patina with green encrustation, harshly cleaned. Rare.