Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AV 2½ Drachms (22mm, 10.68 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. Svoronos 979; van Driessche dies D1/R2, a (this coin); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 3418 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2279; McClean 9790 (same obv. die). EF, lustrous, two light scratches on cheek. Very rare, one of 13 cited by van Driessche.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink America (21 October 1998), lot 74; J. Schulman (4 February 1957), lot 1251.