PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (43mm, 74.93 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5B. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia with basileion / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE B395; Svoronos 964; SNG Copenhagen 171–2; BMC –; Boston MFA –; Dewing –; Noeske 117–9. Attractive dark brown surfaces. EF.
Ex CNG inventory 581658 (March 2022); Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 391.
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