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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

 

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