CLASSICAL COINS
PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT
Mnaeion (Octadrachm in gold). AV 27.77 g. Pantheistic, radiate (Helios) bust r. of Ptolemy III, wearing aegis (Athena), trident at shoulder (Poseidon). Rev. PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS Radiate cornucopiae, bound with fillet; below, DI. Svoronos, Pt. 178, 1117. SNG Cop. 196. J.Olivier and C. Lorber, Three Gold Coinages of third-century Ptolemaic Egypt, RBN 2013, 61 ( this specimen ). Rare . High relief. Slightly rough surfaces.
Good very fine Provenance: Auction F.R. Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück 168 (2010), 7451