96, Lot: 64. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Eurgetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (34mm, 26.82 gm). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 246-243 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned right; cornucopiae tied with fillet before, SE monogram between legs. Weiser 63; Svoronos 993; SNG Copenhagen 212 (Ptolemy IV). Near VF, mottled brown and green patina, some reverse encrustation.