445, Lot: 239. 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 Chalkous (12.5mm, 1.27 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Struck 230-222 BC. Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE; Svoronos 971; SNG Copenhagen 188. EF, dark brown patina, slightly off center on obverse. Rare denomination for this issue.