PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT, Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Hemidrachm (Bronze, 33mm, 31.44 g 11), Alexandria, mid 240s-mid 220s BC. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram’s horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in field to left, cornucopia; between eagle’s legs, monogram of ΧΡ. SNG Copenhagen 173. Svoronos 965. With a dark brown, dark green and red patina. Extremely fine.

From the Stoecklin Collection.