Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 491. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (35mm, 26.62 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 245-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, monogram between legs. Svoronos 965; Weiser 72; SNG Copenhagen 173-175. EF, dark green and brown patina, slight roughness. Boldly struck.

From the Chris Blom Collection.