PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT.
PTOLEMY III EUERGETES, king 246-222 BC. Mnaieion (oktadrachm), posthumous, struck by his son Ptolemy IV Philopator, Alexandria, about 219-217. AV 27.80 g. Bust of the deified king r., wearing aegis and radiate crown, trident over l. shoulder. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΠTOΛEMAIOY Cornu­copiae bound with radiate royal diadem, looped above the top of the horn; below, ΔI Lorber, CPE I, 432, 888; SNG Cop. 196; Svoronos 178, 1117.
Scarce. Excellent Hellenistic style. High relief. Extremely fine

Provenance:
From a Swiss collection
Auction Helios Numismatik, Munich 1 (2004), 185.