Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 494. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Obol (23mm, 11.72 g, 12h). Ake-Ptolemais mint. Struck circa 225-224 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; tripod to left. Svoronos 791 (Ptolemy II); Weiser 79; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, dark brown patina. Very rare.

From the Chris Blom Collection.