274, Lot: 200. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Didrachm (23mm, 6.85 g, 1h). Arados mint. Dated CY 108 (152/1 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; E between legs, PH? (date) on thunderbolt. Svoronos -; SNG Copenhagen -; DCA -. VF, thick find patina with earthen deposits.

The date on the thunderbolt may just be this cataloger’s eyes playing a trick on him as he tries to figure out where this didrachm belongs. The E between the legs is clear and is normally associated with Ptolemy V didrachms from year 111 and following with the date across the fields, not on the thunderbolt.