PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (42.5mm, 72.03 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5B. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / 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; Noeske 117–9; Weiser 71. Even dark brown surfaces. EF. An attractive and impressive coin of unusual quality. Ex Sternberg XXIX (30 October 1995), lot 143; M. Jungfleisch Collection (Glendining, with Spink, 11 December 1975), lot 109.
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