97, Lot: 61. Estimate $200. Sold for $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Eurgetes. 246-221 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (34mm, 36.78 gm). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 245-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right; cornucopiae tied with fillet before, monogram between legs. Weiser 72; Svoronos 965; SNG Copenhagen 175. Good VF, reddish-brown patina, some minor roughness.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.