445, Lot: 868. Estimate $150. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 244/3-221 BC. AR “Pentadrachm (20.23 g, 12h). Dies by Christodoulou. Veiled and draped bust right / filleted cornucopia; laureate stars flanking; E between cornucopia and fillet. Svoronos, Christodoulos 512. As made, test mark applied to edge.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from William Koonce, 2 May 1969.