Auction 88 Part I
Greek Coins
Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246 – 222
In the name of Berenice II. Drachm, Alexandria after 241, AV 4.25 g. Diademed and veiled bust of Berenice II r. Rev. BEPENIKHΣ – BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ Cornucopiae filled with fruits and bound with fillet; on either sides stars. Mionnet 6, p. 18, 153 and Pl. LXXVIII, 5. Svoronos 980 and pl. XXIX, 8.
Exceedingly rare, apparently less than ten specimens known. A lovely portrait of fine
style, almost invisible marks, otherwise extremely fine