PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC). AE tetrobol (36mm, 47.13 gm, 11h). NGC Fine 3/5 - 3/5. Alexandria, Egyptian Series 3, Reformed Bronze Coinage, Bronze Weight Standard 2, beginning in the middle to late 260s BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion over forehead; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ-ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread; T between eagle's legs. CPE B270 (Ptolemy II). Svoronos 505 (Ptolemy II). Extremely rare - not plated in CPE and no examples in sales archives.

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