Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 586. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, 
wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes. AR 
Pentakaidekadrachm (51.41 gm, 12h). Alexandria 
mint. Struck under Ptolemy III, 246-221 BC. 
Estimate $10000 Sold For $14000 

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of 
Ptolemy III Euergetes. AR Pentakaidekadrachm 
(51.41 gm, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck under 
Ptolemy III, 246-221 BC. Diademed and veiled bust 
right / BERENIKHS BASILISSHS, cornucopiae bound 
with fillet between two pilei. Svoronos 988 and 
pl. XXXV, 2; BMC Ptolemies -; SNG Copenhagen -. 
Good VF, toned, minor surface roughness. Lacks the 
usual flan crack that typifies this issue. 
($10,000)

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