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NYINC Signature Sale 3105  9 Jan 2023
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Lot 32058

Starting price: 5000 USD
Price realized: 16 000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC). AV mnaieion or octodrachm (27mm, 27.69 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Alexandria, under Ptolemy IV, ca. 219-217 BC. Bust of deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis, seen from front, ornate trident over left shoulder, the central tine ornamented with lotus finial; dotted border / ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, cornucopia bound with radiate royal diadem, containing grain ear, pyramidal cake, and pomegranate, grape cluster hanging from left side of rim; ΔI below, dotted border. CPE 888. Svoronos 1117. Larger portrait with compact radiate diadem. Highly-detailed aegis.

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