PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Diobol (31mm, 20.95 g, 1h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5B. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia with basileion / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE B397; Svoronos 966; SNG Copenhagen 176–7. Red-brown patina, patches of red and green deposits, metal flaw on reverse. Near VF.
From the Ken Bressett Collection.