386, Lot: 350. Estimate $300. Sold for $520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (41.5mm, 73.62 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Struck 230-222 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1002; Weiser 67; SNG Copenhagen –. VF, olive green patina, some roughness on obverse, minor deposits on reverse. Very rare, according to Ptolemaic bronze researcher Daniel Wolf, only eight examples of this issue are documented.