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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 588

Estimate: 15 000 USD
Price realized: 18 000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27mm, 27.80 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 4/17; SNG Copenhagen 196; BMC 103; Boston MFA 2283 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 803; de Luynes 3573 (same dies); Noeske 137. Lustrous, light die rust on obverse. Near EF. Well centered.
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