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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 789

Estimate: 15 000 USD
Price realized: 22 500 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – "Oktadrachm" (26.5mm, 17.83 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; Olivier & Lorber 36–53, dies 3/7; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; BMC 103 = GPCG pl. 34, 24 (same dies); Bement 1851 (same dies); Boston MFA 2283; Gulbenkian 1076; Jameson 1817; Kraay & Hirmer 803. Choice EF, lustrous, minor cleaning marks in field, tiny die break in field on obverse (typical for die). High relief, and without usual die rust in radiate crown.

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