178, Lot: 63. Estimate $150. Sold for $580. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. Æ Obol (23mm, 8.21 g). Kyrene mint. Struck 204 BC. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Draped bust of Libya right; cornucopia below chin, silphium plant under neck. Svoronos 865 (Ptolemy II); Weiser 103 var. (no silphium); SNG Copenhagen 443 var. (same). VF, dark greenish-brown patina, soft strike on high points.
From the Gregory Conlin Collection.