Artistic Presentation of Zeus Serapis and Isis

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3115. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $4450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 225-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.27 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Jugate busts of Zeus Serapis, laureate and draped, and Isis, wreathed and draped right; small cap of Osiris above Serapis, globe and horns above Isis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, DI between legs. Svoronos 1124; SNG Copenhagen 197-8. Good VF, attractively toned. Rare.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.