Greek Coins
Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222, in the name of Berenice II. Pentadrachm, Alexandria After 241 BC, AV 21.36 g.
Description
Diademed and veiled bust of Berenice r. Rev. ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΗΣ – ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ Cornucopiae filled with fruit and bound with fillets; on either side, star and between cornucopiae and fillet in lower field, E.
References
Svoronos 973 and pl. XXIX, 2
Boston 2278
Condition
Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Good extremely fine
Provenance
Nomos sale 3, 2011, 158
Nomos sale 9, 2014, 187
The APCW collection