185, Lot: 121. Estimate $200. Sold for $199. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 225-205 BC. Æ 38mm (45.06 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck 222-204 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head reverted; filleted cornucopia to right; monogram between legs. Svoronos 974; SNG Copenhagen 227-9. Near VF, brown patina, light porosity, double struck with reverse out of alignment. Interesting strike.
From the Gregory Conlin Collection.