PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.24 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Dated RY 2 (246/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩTHPO[Σ], eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, TYP (mint) monogram above club; to right, B (date) above I; monogram between legs. CPE 834; Svoronos –; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA2 1085. Attractively toned, traces of find patina, minor marks, a few tiny pits on reverse. EF.
Ex Berk BBS 70 (16 March 1992), lot 258.
