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Triton XVII Sessions 1 & 2  7 January 2014
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Lot 423

Estimate: 12 500 USD
Price realized: 13 000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – "Oktadrachm" (27mm, 27.76 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; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; Boston MFA 2283; Kraay & Hirmer 803. Near EF, lustrous, a hint of die rust on obverse. Well centered on a broad flan.

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