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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 902. Estimate $200. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. 
Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. Æ Drachm (36mm, 47.91 g, 12h). Uncertain (Upper Egypt?) mint. Struck 183/2-180 BC. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Pair of eagles standing left [on thunderbolt]. Svoronos -; Weiser 139; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, dark brown patina, some adjustment marks on reverse. Overstruck on an Alexandreia mint drachm of Ptolemy V (Svoronos 1423).


From the Gregory Conlin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 646 (part of).