327, Lot: 727. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (34mm, 39.35 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram to right. Svoronos 965; SNG Copenhagen 173-5. VF, brown patina, area of light smoothing before Zeus.

From the Continental Collection.