372, Lot: 189. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Obol (24mm, 11.40 g, 11h). Tripod Series. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; tripod to left. Svoronos 791 (Ptolemy II–Ake-Ptolemaïs); SNG Copenhagen 476 (Ptolemy II–Ake-Ptolemaïs). Near VF, brown surfaces. Rare.

According to Ptolemaic bronze expert Daniel Wolf: “These coins are attributed by Svoronos to Ake-Ptolemaïs (Acre), but modern finds indicate they are most likely from the area near (modern) Bodrum in Turkey. Examples of Svoronos 791 are sometimes found with a single letter (A or B) countermark in a circular punch on the reverse....”