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2 January 2022
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Extremely rare Ptolemy III from an Asia Minor mint

Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  550 CHF
Lot 635

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 14.20 g, 12 h), unknown mint, perhaps somewhere in the area of north-west Asia Minor. Diademed head of Ptolemy to right, wearing aegis around neck. Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΔH monogram. CPE 765 = Svoronos 1261. SNG Copenhagen -. Extremely rare. Svoronos and Lorber only cited a single example, but that coin is struck from an obverse die that is quite different from the one here. Of an unusual and distinctive style, clearly struck in a temporary mint during Ptolemy III's campaigns. Obverse very slightly double-struck. Good very fine.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jan 2022, 19:17:30 CET Current Date & Time: 16 Apr 2024, 13:11:15 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:550 CHF by MailBidder2339 (9 bids)
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