CNG 99, Lot: 392. Estimate $10000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AV 2½ Drachms (22.5mm, 10.46 g, 12h). Attic standard. Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy III, circa 242/1-222. Veiled and draped bust right / BAΣIΛΣΣHΣ BEPENIKHΣ, filleted cornucopia; stars flanking. Svoronos 979β = Consul Weber 4493 (same dies); van Driessche 979, dies D2/R5; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; BMC 3 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 2279 (same obv. die); CNG 97, lot 423 (same dies). Good VF, some light marks, minor die break on obverse.