Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy III. 246-221 BC. AV Mnaieion (formerly Octadrachm), 27.66g. (11h). AlexandriaObv: Head of Berenice II right, diademed and veiled; dotted border. Rx: ΒΕΡΕΝΙKHΣ ΒΑΣΙΛIΣΣΗΣ Cornucopia bound with fillet. Svoronos 1113, pl. xxxv, 1, 12, 17. SNG Cop. 169. Boston Suppl. 322. BMC Ptolemies, p. 59, 1, pl. XIII, 2. EF.
As on her Phoenician tetradrachms (Bosten 2348, etc.), Berenice is shown in her prime, being the mother of several children, when she was running the kingdom for her husband who was frequently absent during his Syrian campaigns.