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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 532

Estimate: 10 000 USD
Price realized: 14 000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (25.5mm, 27.78 g, 12h). Posthumous issue under Ptolemy IV. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 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. CPE 888; Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 3/11, 99 (this coin, illustrated [but photo switched with no. 119]); SNG Copenhagen 196; BMC 103 (same obv. die); Bement 1851 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2283; Kraay & Hirmer 803; Nanteuil 452 (same dies); Noeske 137; Pozzi 3239 (same obv. die); Weber 8264 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6156281-002, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, Fine Style, smoothing.

Ex Guy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 117, 19 May 2021), lot 332 (hammer $14,000); Freeman & Sear inventory G8882 (2007).
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