Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AV Pentadrachm (26mm, 21.33 g, 12h). Attic standard. Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy III, circa 242/1-222. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing necklace / BAΣIΛΣΣHΣ BEPENIKHΣ, filleted cornucopia; stars flanking, small XP monogram below. Svoronos 962; van Driessche dies D1/R– (unlisted rev. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Consul Weber 4492 (same obv. die); Castro Maya (Bourgey 1957), lot 153 (same obv. die). Good VF, field marks, trace deposits. Extremely rare, only two examples noted by van Driessche.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 702694 (October 1997); G. Hirsch (24 September 1997), lot 52; Hess-Leu (24 March 1959), lot 308.