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LOT 2721
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol. 246-222 BC.
Alexandria mint. Series 4B. Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / [ΠΤΟΛ]ΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right; cornucopia bound with royal diadem across shoulders behind, E between legs. CPE B366; Köln 91; SNG Copenhagen 224-226 (Ptolemy IV); Svoronos 974. Near Very Fine.(44.60gr, 38mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 2721
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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