Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 745. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike, sister of Ptolemy III. AV Quarter Drachm (1.01 gm). Alexandria mint. Struck after 241 BC. Diademed, draped, and veiled bust of Berenike right, wearing long necklace, her hair braided and rolled; all within border of pellets / Cornucopiae bound with fillet with a star to either side. Svoronos 982; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, pierced. Rare. ($500)

Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 53, 15 March 2000), lot 701.