409, Lot: 323. Estimate $10000. Sold for $19000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (26.5mm, 27.81 g, 12h). 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 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 5/8; SNG Copenhagen 196; Adams III 2101; BMC 103 = GPCG 30; Bement 1851; Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076 (same dies); Jameson 1817 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 803; Noeske 137. Good VF, underlying luster, usual die rust on obverse.