Lot description:
PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Drachm (Bronze, 41 mm, 72.31 g, 12 h), Alexandria. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopiae; between eagle's legs, monogram of XP. CPE B392. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 1002. Rare. Some doubling on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.
From the T. Frisbie Collection and the HLT Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 87, 18 May 2011, 700, ex Rarcoa, 4-6 May 1973, 836.
Starting price: 150 CHF | |