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268, Lot: 150. Estimate $100.
Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV or Ptolemy V. 222-205/4 BC or 204-180 BC. Æ (36mm, 48.13 g, 10h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right, with large horn / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1423 var.; SNG Copenhagen 304-5 var. Near VF, brown patina, uneven strike.


From the Dick Schultz Collection. Ex Wayne C. Phillips 50 (23 November 2002), lot 508.

Although not noted by Svoronos, this coin is from a distinct series of bronzes bearing an unusually large Ammon horn.