105, Lot: 95. Estimate $150. Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 247-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.11 gm). Tyre mint. Dated RY 1=247/6 BC. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; Tyre monogram and club before, A (date) behind, Q between legs. Svoronos -; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, toned.

While Svoronos lists a gold oktodrachm for Ptolemy III from Tyre (see Svoronos 1011), he does not list any tetradrachms until year 2.