Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1080. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-221 BC. Æ Drachm (42mm, 69.43 g, 11h). Alexandria mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left, Chi-Rho monogram between legs. Svoronos 964; Weiser 71; SNG Copenhagen 171; BMC 87. EF, brown patina. Well centered and struck. ($1000)