Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AV Drachm (15mm, 4.24 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 980; van Driessche dies D1/R1; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 3419 (same dies). EF, minor die rust. Very rare, only ten examples noted by van Driessche.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 533; George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 147; Leu 36 (7 May 1985), lot 213.