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Electronic Auction 397  17 May 2017
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Lot 230

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 7500 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (26.5mm, 27.72 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 3/6, 33 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; BMC 103 = GPCG pl. 34, 24 (same obv. die); Bement 1851 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076; Jameson 1817; Pozzi 3239 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 803. VF, numerous light marks and a few scrapes, typical die rust.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 226 (27 January 2010), lot 306.
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