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    ANCIENT COINS

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    EGYPT.  Ptolemy III Euergetes
    246-222 BCE

    AE35, 35.53 gm

    Obv:  head of Zeus Ammon right with ram's horn, wearing taenia diadem

    Rev:  ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopia left; XP monogram between eagle's legs

    Ref:  Svoronos 965

    Formerly slabbed; NGC ChVF*, strike 5/5, surface 4/5