Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 381

Price realized: 19,000 USD   (Approx. 17,402 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27mm, 27.82 g, 12h). Posthumous issue under Ptolemy IV. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. CPE 888; Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 4/21, 214 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 196; SNG Lockett 3424 (same obv. die); BMC 103; Boston MFA 2283 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 803; de Luynes 3573 (same dies); Noeske 137. Some die rust, light marks, edge marks. Superb EF.

From the Jeffrey H. Miller Collection. Ex Santa Barbara Museum of Art Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts I, 20 March 1975), lot 266.


Estimate: 10000 USD